Spaceflight

Thank you for choosing my school to select three artifacts for a time capsule that will be taken to Mars on your next space mission. I have chose three artifacts that would be significant to the future generation. These three artifacts consist of, a CD, a book, and a phone. I think these items would be significant because they were such monumental changes in our society today. The first artifact I chose is the CD, “Straight to DVD 2”. CD’s are disks that hold data, the data on the CD can be…

The Huygens probe was engineered to fulfill all objectives regarding Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The probe was made to withstand landing and collect as much information as possible. The design enabled the probe to brake while descending into Titan’s atmosphere followed by parachuting the remaining spacecraft equipped with instruments to the moon’s surface. Engineers were uncertain where the landing site would be and enabled the probe with different features making it capable of landing on…

For my major paper I would like to discuss the ethnographic component of Lucian’s account of the moon people in his True Histories. This would cover both how Lucian’s describes these people and the significance of what he is describing. I would begin by discussing the influence of other authors in his description of the moon people. His account is similar to those of historical authors and their descriptions of non-Greeks and their unusual customs. I would use this section to explore any…

The Hubble Space Telescope has been working hard for many years to capture images of the farthest reaches of our universe. These machine show us the farthest we've ever been able to see into the deepest recesses of the universe. It reveals thousands of galaxies that are billions of light-years away. As time marches on, scientists will continue to learn more and more about our using universe advanced scientific technology to create tools to explore the depths of space. For example, thanks to the…

When you hear the question, should the U.S. government continue to build space vehicles? What is the first thing that comes to your mind? Most people would say space shuttles, but the truth of the matter is, there is more to space vehicles than just the space shuttles. In fact there are a total of eight different types of space vehicle classifications. Let’s take a look at the eight different types and why we should continue to develop space vehicles a little closer. For the last 3…

Sending “150 pound bags of water,” as Laurence Krauss calls them, on missions proves to be a bad idea. Humans going on space missions only make the already expensive mission exponentially more expensive. Humans are also very adapted to this earth and are susceptible to much harm in the outer world (Dunbar). This fact makes it difficult to keep humans safe while also keeping the cost of the mission down. Another reason the cost would go up is the fuel. If we send humans to outer space, we…

The risks of space exploration outweigh the benefits. Nasa spends 18.4 billion dollars a year on space travel (Nasa).would you risk yourself? Or would you risk the money? Beyond all the risks money has a huge affect. Money is one of the biggest effects of space travel. Each rocket cost 500 million dollars and they send 166 rockets a year. which means that Nasa is spending 2.76 billion dollars a year. We can get a lot more useful stuff than all on a rocket. Space suits cost 2 million dollars and…

Tiffany Solomon October 21, 2016 ESS 102 Rough Draft Long Term Space Flight The idea of space traveling for a long period of time may be an appealing idea to that of many. However, they fail to recognize that there are many disadvantages to long term space flight. In this paper, the effects of long term space flight will be discussed: how a microgravity environment affects the human body; what kinds of potential dangers are there in long term space travel; as well as what research is being…

A future ahead of us in Mars Forty years ago a man landed on the moon surface. Today it is our duty as a country to continue the steps Neil Armstrong started. A manned-mission to Mars not only will confirm the US superiority, it is our destiny as humans to prosper; however many challenges are upon us, including political, financial and technological problems. The first map of Mars was drawn over 500 years ago and people have sent more than 50 robots to observe the Red Planet. Mars once…

Throughout the decades, NASA has made a plethora of breakthrough discoveries that not only shaped the way we study outer space, but also changed human beings’ outlook on life. In the recent years, our government has decided to cut funding to NASA and ultimately end the space shuttle program, creating the big debate of whether or not NASA is significant enough to be included in the United States budget. There are two sides to this issue; one side arguing that NASA’s space program benefits the U.S…