England Language: English Publication Information: Salem Press Locale: Moon; Solar system; Space Abstract: A summary and analysis of The Sentinel. Literary Genres/Subgenres: Science fiction; Short fiction Subject Terms: 1990 ’s Exploration or explorers Extraterrestrial life Future Geology or geologists Moon or moons Science or scientists Space flight or travel Space sciences Space ships‚ stations‚ or vehicles ISBN: 9781587651403 Accession Number: 103331MSS21339620000395 Persistent
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Space Colonization is survival of the human race off the planet Earth. Unfortunately‚ at the rate at which humans are destroying the Earth we are going to have to find another life sustaining planet very soon. Resources on Earth will inevitably run out‚ thus ending our tenure on Earth (unless new/different resources are used‚ climate gets under control‚ there is not a nuclear war/fallout‚ etc.)‚ and if we don’t have another planet ready for colonization or already colonized‚ the human race will become
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Space has been depicted through media as an extravagant place to explore which can provide benefits for Earth and its people. Space has been glorified for decades through television series‚ such as Lost in Space back in the 60s‚ to new movies such as Star Trek and Interstellar. However‚ in reality what doesn’t come to light is the harm that could be done to Earth and space. As space exploration gains more approval by the nations worldwide‚ relevant issues must be considered before making rash decisions
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Is space exploration worth the cost? by David Livingston Monday‚ January 21‚ 2008 Editor’s Note: On January 11‚ the New York Times blog “Freakonomics” published a lengthy post titled “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost? A Freakonomics Quorum”. The post featured comments provided by a number of people‚ including David Livingston‚ in response to the question. The part attributed to Dr. Livingston was just a highly-edited version of what he originally submitted to the Times. What follows is
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Black Men and Public Space Brent Staples Brent Staples (b. 1951)‚ the oldest of nine children‚ was born in Chester‚ Pennsylvania. His father was a truck driver who lost his job along with 40‚000 other workers in the 1960s because of plant closings in the area. The family was reduced to poverty. Staples had never considered college until a college professor took an interest in him and encouraged him to apply to a program that recruited black students. He enrolled at Widener University (B.A. 1973)
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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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mankind”-Neil Armstrong. This quote was said during the process of the space age in 1969. The Space age was a time period related to the three themes‚ space race‚ space exploration‚ and space technology around the period 1950’s-1960’s. It was encouraged by the United States and Soviet Union into determining that their own country is superior than their opponent‚ which led to an improvement in many technological advancements. The space race was a competition between both super power countries in a contest
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During the time right after the cold war‚ the United States and the Soviet Union became engaged in a “Space Race” to see which country could get a man on the moon first and ultimately claim space for their nation. The Soviet Union led the way by sending the first satellite into space and then the first human. On April 12‚ 1961‚ Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space and make a complete orbit around the earth. Yuri was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became an international
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In her Experiencing Built Space‚ Eva Perez de Vega explains the fusion of subject and object in a sensational experience which relates to the body and also describes the notion of affect as an abstract un-representational realm. Also the unreliability of perception relating to the mind is due to its subjectivity resulting in experiencing built ‘space as qualitative movement; through notions of sensation rather than object-oriented perception.’ Today our social and cultural obsession with exterior
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My feelings were overwhelming while I was watching Rouge-1‚ and climaxed in the last minute. I have been a space oddesy fan since I was a toddler and man first walked on the moon. I first watched Star Wars when I was about 1 0-years old. Only a few years earlier‚ I watched 2001‚ a space Odyssey. I thought Star Wars was‚ much better‚ not because of the action‚ but because of the force. All my life I wanted to be ’at one with the force’ and have the power to heal‚ block bullets‚ and cheat death. In
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