When I was younger my dad and I was at the bus stop waiting for the school bus to arrive‚ when we looked up in the sky‚ still kind of dark and this light is just sitting there. It was very bright but also looked like the North Star so we did not pay it much attention when all of a sudden it took off faster than the speed of light. My dad and I just looked at each other and brushed it off. Sometimes we still talk about that morning but we never say anything to anyone because we did not have proof
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North Korea when compared to the dystopian society in Anthem has some similarities and differences. The society in Anthem like North Korea has shut itself off from the world which caused slow advances in technology. North Korea is run by one person‚ but there is a group of people called “The World Council” that run the society in Anthem. Even though North Korea has some correlations to the society in Anthem there is also some distinction between the two. The government structure in the dystopian
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Ender’s Game: Compare/Contrast Essay “Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever‚” Keri Russell‚ an American actress‚ once stated. The life-changing decision that Ender Wiggins makes is going from Earth to space. Ender’s Game is about a six-year-old named Ender who has one sibling that cares about him‚ but the other sibling doesn’t care about him at all and wants to try to kill Ender. Ender is sent to Battle School in space. While he is in space‚ he is dealing with
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I chose my topic from an event that has fascinated me my whole life. People throughout time have looked up at the stars‚ just as I have‚ and dreamed of their possibilities. Through the work of millenias‚ small steps and great leaps have been made in that exploration of the stars. The climax so far of this in history of exoplanetary discoveries came about during 1950s to 1970s‚ the Space Race. To me space has always been the ultimate wanderlust in mind. It is the true final frontier of man‚ but
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First of all‚ the movie was focused more about the mission of Apollo 13 than Jim Lovell’s life. However‚ he was still the main character of the movie. Some of the most important similarities were Jim Lovell was married to Marilyn Lovell and had four kids. Jim’s older kid was a girl named Barbara Gerlach‚ his second kids was a boy; James Gerlach.The second youngest was Jeffrey Gerlach and lastly Susan Gerlach.There was slight mention of his mother unlike the biography where his mother was mentioned
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The first moon landing(Apollo 11) was in 1969 6 years after president Kennedy’s death. He promised that we would make it to the moon‚but the question is was he telling the truth. The tests before (Apollo-10) a few of them made it into earth’s orbit‚ but the rest did not even make it out of the atmosphere. Some people say that the Apollo mission was faked‚but some people think that they were real this is what I think. I think that the moon landings were real.It has been 46 years and people are
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Mick 1 Marsha Mick Dr. Timothy Smith American History Sect. 102 3 March 2011 A Man on the Moon: The Triumphant Story of the Apollo Space Program by Andrew Chaikin A Book Review “In ancient days‚ men looked at the stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times‚ we do much the same‚ but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.” - July 1969‚ Nixon Administration Speechwriter William Safire. Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin has
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A manned spacecraft means a spacecraft that has crew members onboard‚ it needs people to function and steer the spacecraft. The Voyager 1 is an unmanned spacecraft. This means that no people need to be in the spacecraft whilst it is in space. NASA made Voyager 1 unmanned‚ so that it could travel faster and for a long period of time. They also didn’t want any distractions other than what the celestial body looked like in a spacecraft’s point of view. Voyager 1 travels at roughly 17.5km/s‚ and any
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NASA should not funded a large amount of money. There are more important events that is occurring that we need to solve or discover than space. A decent amount could be reserve for NASA because it could increase our knowledge about space and help invent new equipment. NASA could help resolve the problems like climate change. NASA did help invent equipments that some individuals use everyday such as weather satellites‚ fire gear‚ etc. NASA has pushed science to new heights and increased ways to help
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Space X’s Falcon 9 Successful Historical Landing On A Barge; Elon Musks Reveals Its Capability Space X’s Falcon 9 made a successful drone ship landing on an ocean barge in the Atlantic Ocean last month. Viewers applauded and screamed of joy as the narrow rocket glided down onto a drone ship in Hawthorne‚ California. This was the fifth attempt. The Falcon 9 carried the supplies of astronauts in the International Space Station. It can haul up to 22.8 tonnes into low-Earth orbit up from 13.2. The rocket
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