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    Could space be the next commercial frontier? When you look up at night at the stars‚ what do you see? Many now see the sky as the next commercial frontier. When John F. Kennedy gave his well known speech regarding space travel on September12‚ 1962‚ he stated “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things‚ not because they are easy‚ but because they are hard‚ because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills

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    International Space Station The International Space Station‚ a worldwide project‚ is the next goal in a quickly growing space frontier. The station will be the first and next step towards researching the vast unknown world of outer space. What will be learned by this station? NASA has only the highest hopes that with the newest advancements in technology up in space‚ the fundamental physical‚ chemical‚ and biological processes can be examined with the absence of gravity‚ because of the space station

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    Science Fiction and disaster films are not a unique phenomena in American cinema. These films are also in cultures that produce movies. Japan would be one of these cultures with the films like Godzilla and The Sinking of Japan. Movies provide an insight into what these people fear while also giving commentary as to what people think of the world. Ever since the 1950’s Science fiction has merged with disaster films. These films are more common in american cinema than natural disaster this is due to the

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    1.  Mariner Bugs Out (1962) Cost: $18.5 million Disaster: The Mariner 1 rocket with a space probe headed for Venus diverted from its intended flight path shortly after launch.  Mission Control destroyed the rocket 293 seconds after liftoff. Cause: A programmer incorrectly transcribed a handwritten formula into computer code‚ missing a single superscript bar.  Without the smoothing function indicated by the bar‚ the software treated normal variations of velocity as if they were serious‚ causing

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    Space Exploration: Women in Space Space exploration is the ongoing discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of continuously evolving and growing space technology. The whole subject of space exploration is so vast‚ from the V2 Missile to the most recent launches of today. So‚ to narrow it down‚ this essay will cover some space exploration involving women. 536 people have gone to space. 58 of those were women. Eight of those flew in the Soviet/Russian Space program

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    Introduction Body Paragraphs Conclusion ----------------------- The main purpose of the introduction is to give the reader a clear idea of the essay’s focal point. It must get the reader’s attention as it is the part when he decides if the essay is worth reading till the end or not. The introduction should be written according to the following scheme: 1. General information such as key definitions 2. Information on the topic leading to the thesis statement

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    The 21st century witnesses the flourishing of space science and technology. More and more countries have come to realize the need for international cooperation to explore outer space‚ even though considering the complexity‚ high cost and tremendous risk involved in outer space activities. The human world and outer space are now increasingly inseparable. The use of outer space has formulated a major part of our lives‚ such using outer space for telecommunications‚ navigation‚ meteorology and remote

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    vast expands of space. They foreshadow an understanding of space that humans seem very far from. But‚ how far are we truly from that point? The only way to find out would to be to continue the complicated research of space that has been going on since the space race. However space exploration is surrounded with controversy which may possibly affect the growth of the knowledge of space. The prior benefits and consequences of space exploration now affect the present and future of space exploration.

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    Contested Space Although many strive to avoid it‚ people are running into contested space moments after they open their eyes each morning. We form these walls of contested space automatically‚ sometimes subconsciously which comes into play as we go about life. Contested space is a generally used term; that has a fairly vague definition. However‚ Mary Louise Pratt In her work: Arts Of The Contact Zone expresses it use well‚ stating: “ I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet

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    The Space Race In the beginning of the 1950’s tensions were high between the Soviets and the U.S. The Cold War had become known worldwide as a nuclear arms race between two super powers. However‚ a new kind of race had begun between the two countries‚ The Space Race. This was a race to control the outer space surrounding Earth‚ which could ultimately act as a nuclear missile path. Controlling outer space with nuclear capabilities could mean massive destruction for the world as we know it. The two

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