October 5‚ 1957; this is the day that went down in history as the day the Space Race between the United States and the USSR began. On this day the USSR successfully launched the Sputnik satellite into orbit around the planet. Close to a month later the USSR launched the Sputnik 2 which held the first living organism to orbit the planet; Laika the dog. The series of events that followed brought change to the Cold War and to the world that could not have been foreseen in terms of international relations
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The Martian by Andy Weir The book follows the stranded NASA astronaut Mark Watney on Mars‚ as he channels his inner Crusoe and tries to survive and get rescued. Weir uses logbook entries to convey Watney´s thoughts‚ which makes the book a bit more unique since the events of the book are told after they have happened. However Weir still makes sure there is enough suspense to go around for everyone. Humor Watney is all alone on Mars with only limited resources‚ no companions and no escape. To make
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The Apollo landing on the moon was a important time in America history. Three important parts were John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Speech at Rice University‚ America landing on the moon‚ and America winning the space race. To begin with the Space Race started with a bet. The bet was tot see who could be the first one to get to the moon. This bet was between the Soviet Union and America the prize was pwer. Who ever got to the moon first had the pwer to send nuclear rockets to other countrys. This
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President Kennedy’s Inaugural Address America was at its tipping point when President Kennedy was in power in the early 1960s. Kennedy’s brilliant inaugural speech is one of America’s important speeches that has tremendously impacted the nation at the time. His speech gave Americans citizens high spirits and reassurance that their president could create their homeland great again. In his speech‚ John F. Kennedy attempted to affectedly construct a better America‚ as well as giving its citizens a
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Since the beginning of time‚ science has never failed to alter our beliefs. From finding out that our planet is round‚ to sending the first person to the moon‚ we continue to grow a better understanding about the world around us. Many organizations such as NASA have helped to shape our perception today. But‚ It was years before that scientists helped to build NASA’s views and fundamental understandings of anatomy‚ and astronomy. The Renaissance helped to change people’s views of the earth surrounding
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The Incident at Roswell There are many weird things that occur on planet earth that cannot be explained or are hard to explain. One of these occurrences is the incident at Roswell. When strange debris was found near Roswell‚ New Mexico‚ people started believing it was from an extraterrestrial space craft. There are many questions left unanswered and many theories of what really happened started developing. Theories that stated that the debris was just from a weather balloon‚ or was part of a project
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Would you believe me if I told you that aliens exist‚ and have made contact with the life on Earth? Most people wouldn’t‚ however‚ the few that do have good reason to. Aside from the numerous UFO reports‚ there have been many people abducted and sent back to Earth. These people‚ abductees‚ have brought us information that no one could fake. The consistency in how they’d describe what happened is alarming‚ and I believe that what they say is truth. For years there have been reports of UFOs all over
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The title of the novel I have read is 2001: A Space Odyssey. This novel depicts a mission to Saturn. Its purpose: to discover the origin and nature of the ET species that left TMA-1‚ the Tycho-monolith abnormality behind on the moon. The definition of odyssey is ‘a long series of wanderings or adventures‚ especially filled with notable experiences‚ hardships‚ etc’‚ which‚ in itself‚ could describe the nature of this novel. It is set in the late 20th century and early 21st century. In short‚ the title
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There are a various number of ‘evidence’ or ‘claims’ that prove that the moon landing was indeed fake - but then there is actual scientific evidence that proves these ‘claims’ or ‘evidence’ to be false. The first claim against the moon landing being fake is that when the astronauts were putting up the American flag it waves yet there is no wind on the moon. Actually‚ the flag appears to be fluttering because it is hanging from a horizontal rod. This rod was thought of by NASA scientists before they
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My friend Sydney‚ also a Ravenclaw‚ and I planned a planetary viewing for November sixteenth. We planned to go to the top of the astronomy tower‚ and catch a glimpse of the three planets we had learned could be seen in late November‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ and Jupiter. We both had passes from professor Turing‚ so we were sure we wouldn’t get caught by Filch for being out of bed. But then again‚ Filch is a bit of an idiot. We headed up to the top of the astronomy tower‚ glancing at the lunar chart Professor
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