Spacecraft

At least part of the transit, which only happens about 13 times every century, will be visible across the Americas, Europe, Africa and large portions of Asia. If you're hoping to watch it, eye protection is key. NASA stresses that "viewing this event safely requires a telescope or high-powered binoculars fitted with solar filters made of specially-coated glass or Mylar." You won't be able to see the tiny dot of Mercury on its celestial crawl without magnification, NASA says. Another option:…

Space Exploration: Why Privatization is Essential Space Exploration has been a controversial topic since the 1950’s when President Eisenhower approved the first space mission. In the following years, it has become a constant political speaking point on whether the space department really worth the billions of dollars that are spent on it annually or if space exploration is an essential department of the U.S. government. In 2013, the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)…

audaciously committed the United States to the lunar mission of getting a man on the moon by 1970. Even though President Kennedy was assassinated and did not get to witness the event, the mission of the Apollo 11 attained his dream. The Saturn V spacecraft took off from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, with the three man team of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin Jr. The mission had one main goal, which was to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth. On…

According to “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr states, “But I worry what google is doing to our brains.” Montesano School District should not participate in “Washington Screen Free Week.” There are many positive outcomes to social media. Author Keith Hampton says, “Whether the participants were married or single, those who used social media had more close confidants.” Having close people in your life is really important. The reason it's important is that close people give you…

Let's "Make It In Mankato" ! ! Mankato, Minnesota is truly a wonderland. Tucked into the Emerald Green Valley in Southern Minnesota, it is the hidden vacation Mecca of scores of knowing Midwesterners. Mankato has everything thanks to a freak of nature: the Sclare/Far Fissure. This fissure in the earth's crust takes water seeping through the earth, heats it to well over 165 degrees, and sends it back up to the surface in steam pits and boil holes. The heat from these pits and holes heats the…

Teamwork drives us for success Is it possible to accomplish the impossible? Ernesto and the Apollo 13 crew both undertook missions to prove they could accomplish their goals using patience, hard work, and determination with struggles on being an American and surviving in space. Both Barrio Boy and Apollo 13 crew used the hope from their loved to ones to accomplish their missions. Barrio Boy and Apollo 13 both had one mission to accomplish. Ernesto Galarza’s was to become an American and learn…

proven to be successful, such as going to the moon a second time, or launching another telescope into space that will not cost NASA nearly as much as a trip to Mars. SPACE.com says "Landing a crew on Mars will require many costly improvements in spacecraft and other technology," most likely this technology needs to be created rightfully so in order to be successful in a exploration. Many people are extremely ardent about such an idea because it is believed that Mars has water sources. Advocates…

With a stellar cast in a classic sci-fi horror premise, and a plethora fan theories already flooding the Internet, Life has a lot to live up to... and it nails it in exhilarating fashion from start to brutal finish. David Jordan (Jake Gyllenhaal) in Columbia Pictures' LIFE. | © Sony Pictures David Jordan (Jake Gyllenhaal) in Columbia Pictures’ LIFE. | © Sony Pictures A team of scientists on board the International Space Station intercept a probe returning from Mars with the aim of conducting…

Superman may have started as a comic character, but he has evolved greatly in the 75+ years since he first appeared in a graphic novel in 1938 as well as in film. With reference to Superman: The Movie (1978) and Man of Steel, the evolution of the filmic technology and of the particular film will be discussed. If one has to analyse the posters, one can clearly see the change and evolution of filmic technology evident in these films. In posters 1 and 2, there are minimal details of Superman and…

film itself is a subtype of fiction known as speculative fiction whereby the creators of the film poses a question and then gives their version of how that scenario would likely play out, in this case that question is What would happen if an alien spacecraft came to a stop over the city of Johannesburg? This type of fiction contains lots of elements of narrative but still some realistic aspects. In the film, the realistic aspects are those conveyed in documentary style and the ‘what if’ type…