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    On July 16th‚ 1969 world renowned astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin began their eight day voyage to the moon that would eventually become one of mankind’s greatest achievements. However‚ this tremendous milestone in history has raised ever growing doubt among conspiracy theorists claiming that the live broadcast provided by NASA showing Apollo 11’s lunar module landing on the moon was in fact faked. The conspiracy theory states that the landing actually occurred in an undisclosed Hollywood

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    Wonosobo air in winter and cool as it is situated between two mountains‚ the mountains and mountain cleft Sindoro. Wonosobo merupakn beautiful city‚ lots of sights can be visited. The sights can be visited include: the temples‚ lake colors‚ volcanic craters‚ caves‚ and the tea garden tour. All the attractions that are unique to each different masingyang other area attractions. Wonosobo not only interesting from the resort‚ but also its distinctive food. Wonosobo have some special food is noodles

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    The Talents of Archimedes

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    Archimedes Terri Melanson Instructor : Barbara Viola Fundamentals of Mathematics February 21‚ 2011 Archimedes was known for several things‚ a few were Infinitesimals‚ Hydraulics’s‚ levers and two things that were named after him they were Archimedes ’ Principle and Archimedes ’ Screw. He was born in c. 287 BC in Syracuse Sicily‚ he died in c. 212 BC said to be around the age of 75. In his lifetime he had many great works in mathematics‚ physics‚ engineering‚ inventing and he

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    when there was a 4.1 Richter scale earthquake‚ and over the next 28 days‚ there were hundreds of other recordable earthquakes. On the 25th March‚ there were 22 significant earthquakes in just 8 hours. On March 27th‚ a huge earthquake ripped a massive crater into the side of Mount St Helens‚ changing the face of the mountain for ever. On April 3rd‚ in just a few moments‚ a massive 100m high bulge appeared on the north side of the volcano. This huge bulge was cause by magma suddenly rushing near to

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    Tanks and Flamethrowers

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    turret and 2 wing guns in the front and back plus a majority of the tanks had light artillery gun as well. Although they had a top speed of 4mph the tanks caterpillar tracks and design allowed them to travel over most everything suck as trenches and craters as well as turn around without traveling any distance. The first country to have the tanks were the British‚ But not far behind were the French who would go on to have more tanks then any 2 countries combined. Even though the Germans had tank‚ they

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    bright blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In this moment imagine a colossal asteroid the size of St.George school--wait‚ even bigger than that! A mountain. The mountain sized asteroid came hurtling towards earth at 40‚000 miles per hour‚ this caused a crater to form on the earth’s crust more than 115 miles wide. Then the rock was vaporized and set off a chain reaction causing 80 percent of the earth on life gone‚ including most

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    scientists than in the past‚ improving the studies and discoveries. Telescopes have changed many views of the universe. The first view that was changed is that the Earth is not the center of the universe. The telescope allows viewing of mountains and craters of the moon‚ asteroids‚ new planets‚ etc. (NASA‚ 2010). The telescope has also allowed scientists to properly measure the speed of light and to understand the light of stars and Sun‚ (NASA‚ 2010). While telescopes have opened up a new world of

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    conclusion nuclear bombs would destroy everything our society has accomplished. To begin with‚ nuclear bombs decimate their surroundings without mercy. Buildings‚ metal structures‚ and humongous amounts of land immediately evaporate to form a titanic crater at Ground Zero (Knoll and Postol 16‚ 19). This amount of damage proves the reversal of a nuclear explosion is unfeasible. Such an event puts the effort fixed on creating a populous city to waste. Along with damaging land‚ Knoll and Postol state the

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    ASTEROIDS Did you know that there are really millions of planets orbiting the Sun? Apart from nine “proper” planets‚ there are a few million‚ minor ones‚ called asteroids. These are different chunks of rock‚ which range from specks of dust to those which are a few kilometres across. Most of them travel in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter called the asteroid belt. Others follow different orbits. In the 18th century‚ astronomers were convinced that a missing world existed between Mars and Jupiter

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    search "Jupiter II" redirects here. For the spaceship in the 1960s television series Lost in Space‚ see Jupiter 2. Europa True color image taken by the Galileo probe Europa’s trailing hemisphere‚ as seen by the Galileo spacecraft. The prominent crater in the lower right is Pwyll. Darker regions are areas where Europa’s primarily water ice surface has a higher mineral content. Discovery Discovered by Galilei‚ Galileo Marius‚ Simon Discovery date January 7‚ 1610[1] Designations Alternate

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