until there is light; the darkness reveals the dark side of the moon‚ then the earth and the sun rising behind it. This new perspective ignites our imagination and curiosity. It offers us life and death‚ beginnings and endings. In the film‚ a space mission to Jupiter is led by Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Poole (Gary Lockwood)‚ in order to trace signals being transmitted there by a monolith discovered on Earth’s moon. Overseeing the voyage is a supercomputer known as HAL 9000 (voice of Douglas Rain)
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Culture is ever changing across time and space. People study artifacts to better understand cultural norms as well as what the people went through on a day-to-day basis. An artifact can be interpreted in many different ways since they have multiple meanings. These multiple meanings may be hard to understand if you‚ as the viewer‚ do not know anything about the culture prior to viewing this artifact. Office Space is an example of a cultural artifact of the United States in the 1990’s. It takes
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keep all its eggs in.” Space Colonization is our next goal after landing a man on the moon; however‚ the idea of space colonization is like reaching for the stars‚ you can see your destination but getting there is the problem. That problem is the health risks‚ resources‚ and practicability of traveling through space to reach our destination. Space colonization is impractical because it takes lots of resources and we don’t have the technology needed for safe travel through space;on the contrary‚ the
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Eavanah Epps HlavacEnglish IV Honors 18 January 2013 Why We Should Continue To Explore Space Space exploration is an important aspect of our nation’s research into the future of mankind. The money spent on space exploration is a meaningful investment. The United States’ government should continue to spend money on space exploration. The space program in the United States counts for a small part of our yearly budget. The average percent spent on the program is between 0.7% and 0.8%. This percent
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ESSAY 2 SPACE EXPLORATION IS A WASTE OF MONEY Since man landed on the moon‚ an appreciable amount of money has been spent on space research and exploration. At the beginning‚ it would seem that this investigation will give to human beings a great benefit‚ but is space research a good cause to spend our money? It can be argued that space industry is a completely waste of money. Firstly‚ it is undoubtedly that a lot of cash is invested in space research. Moreover‚ according to CNN resources‚ in
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Space research has many advantages and disadvantages. Some of the advantages are that many discoveries have been made due to space research. This knowledge can help us become a more developed society and it helps the economy. Space research can benefit us by discovering technology that will help us with our lives. Technologies have been discovered thanks to the space program such as Teflon which is a non- stick cook wear will continue to improve our lives. Space research and exploration may help
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Civilians in Space---No! I can only imagine what it would be like traveling to space. It is not something I sit around and think about doing. Those who had the pleasures of going to space‚ like the astronauts‚ are those who had been preparing for such a career. This does not make me want to go to space‚ going to space is like dying and going to the other side‚ you just do not know what to expect. Science tells us that space is like a never ending hole. This sounds a little creepy‚ but space really is
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Factoid Friday Transcript Space colonization has been a controversial issue since Cold War. Since the moon landing‚ people and scientists have started to look even further. Space Colonization is no longer the stuff of science fiction. With each passing day it is closer and closer to becoming a reality. Colonizing space would be the ultimate feat of mankind. But exploration isn’t the only incentive to leave Earth. Our 4.5 billion year old planet is being quickly depleted of resources. The most
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The Space Race HIST101-1303B-09 8/26/13 The Space Race started at the beginning of the 1950s as World War II came to an end. It space travel became important as The United States continued to compete with the Soviet Union. The Space Race officially took flight on October 4‚ 1957 when a Soviet R-7 was launched into space. This satellite is also known as Sputnik. Sputnik caused much upheaval in the United States as Americans were not pleased by the idea that they had not been the first country
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History 1306 JFK – Space Race Summary In the segment‚ President Kennedy speaks to the people at Rice University about America’s Space Program. President Kennedy was good looking and a persuasive public speaker. He based many of his policies on family because he believed family came first. He emphasized the need to make America the first nation in successful space exploration. With that he promised Americans this program would create tens of thousands of new jobs now and for the future generations
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