9/6/2010 Assignment: Ms.Tacke Chinese Moon Festival Oh my gosh! The Chinese Moon Festival is coming up and I totally cannot wait! Just think of the moon cakes‚ chestnuts‚ sweet potatoes‚ rice balls and the big feast (with lobster‚ shrimp and ect.) when our relatives come over makes me drool. Oh‚ and walking with the toy lanterns at night (I guess I’m too old for that) I’m sorry‚ and I think I’m just too excited because the Chinese Moon Festival is my 2nd favorite holiday in Chinese
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to land on the moon. Russia had beaten us to outer-space and had put a satellite out in space before us. We wanted to be the first ones to reach the moon and to retrieve new information and data. Scientists needed the help of NASA to answer some important questions and hypotheses. Scientists wanted to know the origin of the moon‚ the temperature history of the moon‚ the cause of mascons‚ and the origin of tektites. Scientists had theories to each questions. The origin of the moon: 1) Fission hypothesis:
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MOON LANDING There has been a big dilemma on if the 1969 moon landing was faked by the U.S or if we actually landed on the moon and made if before the soviet union. We were in a space race with the soviet union. Now it is up to you to decide if you think it is true or not. For me‚ after a long time researching and testing to fake evidences were photo shopped‚ green screened‚ or just set up a fake setting‚ terrain and gray sand outside a building. I believe the moon landing were real do to many
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THE SIZES OF THE MOON AND SUN AS THEY APPEAR IN THE SKY ARE ILLUSIONARY! THEIR ACTUAL SIZES ARE DIFFERENT!!!.. The shapes that we see of Sun and Moon in the sky have no existence in reality. There is no Sun or no Moon of such shape. So the eclipse that you see is of non-existent Sun and Moon. Means there is no real phenomenon called eclipse based on any real objects. The real Moon and Sun never get eclipsed. The Moon is 400 times smaller than Moon. If viewed from the Sun‚ the Moon just won’t be visible
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President John F. Kennedy petitioned congress for $7 billion to $9 billion dollars for the space race and to successfully send a man to the moon and bring him safely home. In roughly eight years‚ NASA was able to produce the desired results when on July 20‚ 1969 Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.”
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“ You will save us all from his rule. Oh our savior has finally arrived! You will fight him on the day of the Blood Moon.” I looked at her and thought she was a drunk slave‚ and completely ignored her. I was excused after an hour. When I got home Ma was crying‚ she got scared that something happened to me. I told her about the other lady in the cell. She chuckled and told me: “ Oh Daria‚ you mustn’t take things so seriously. She was probably a rebel that got caught in the early stages. Many have
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On September 12‚ 1962‚ President Kennedy gave a groundbreaking speech announcing his goal of placing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. He had previously had a joint session with congress on the matter‚ and after many meetings and long nights studying and worrying he finally decided that a Moon landing was a field in which America had a potential lead. The Americans had watched the Communist SSR put a satellite into orbit‚ the famous Sputnik Satellite on October 4‚ 1957‚ and‚ more recently
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1st‚ 2012: The moon phase is a Waning Gibbous phase with 93% of the moon illuminated. When the moon is in waning phases the moon is becoming less illuminated each night‚ while gibbous means that the moon is more than 50% illuminated but less than 100%. During this phase the Waning Gibbous moon occurs after the Full Moon and before the Last Quarter. Sunday‚ December 2nd‚ 2012: The moon phase is a Waning Gibbous phase with 87% of the moon illuminated. Compared to yesterday the moon is becoming less
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In astronomy‚ a phase of the Moon is any of the aspects or appearances presented by the Moon as seen from Earth‚ determined by the portion of the Moon that is visibly illuminated by the Sun. The lunar phases vary cyclically as the Moon orbits the Earth‚ according to the relative positions of the Earth‚ the Moon‚ and the Sun. Since the Moon appears bright only due to the Sun’s reflected light‚ only the half of the Moon facing the Sun is illuminated. The lunar phase depends on the Moon’s position
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are exactly 8 phases of the moon. Each phase repeats themselves about once every 29.5 days. The Moon is very old‚ it is about 4.5 billion years old. To us the moon looks like it is moving very slow but it is actually pretty fast. It moves to about 2‚288 miles per hour. The moon constantly spins counter-clockwise. The phases are usually caused by the shadow and light of the Earth and Sun. The Moon has another name as well. The second name for the Moon is luna. The Moon is earth’s only natural satellite
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