...Astronomy SPACE EXPLORATION: FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE Ever since the beginning of time, mankind has been fascinated with wonders of space. Before the mid-1900s, all mankind could do was gaze at the stars from Earth and wonder what it would be like to go into space. Man would look through telescopes and make theories on how the universe worked. During the mid-1900s, mankind finally was able to send a man into space and explore the wonders of space first hand. So why do humans explore space? Well, it is our fascination with the unknown. At first, all mankind did was look up and wonder how things became what they are now. We started to think that all celestial bodies revolved around the Earth, and the Earth was the center of the entire universe. Galileo Galelie later disproved this theory. Even with growing knowledge in the field, it was not until 1957 when the first Earth orbiter, the Soviet’s Sputnik 1, was sent into space and placed in orbit at an altitude of 1,370 miles and weighed ! 184 pounds. Later in that year, the Soviets sent Sputnik 2 into space with a dog named Laika. Laika was the first animal to venture into space. Then in 1985, the United States successfully sent their very own satellite into space. In 1960, the Soviets launched to dogs into space and successfully returned them to Earth. From this point started the space race. The space race was a challenge between the USSR and the United States to see who could land a man on the moon first. In 1961, the...
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...SPACE: The Final Frontier Space, the final frontier. For years man has been fascinated with the vast, boundless, emptiness that surrounds and cradles our miniscule planet. Although it’s difficult to determine exactly what got me hooked on space exploration, I know it’s mainly about the discovery of things past-unknown to myself, or even the world. The technological and mechanical aspects very much intrigue me as well, in addition to it’s ability to bring many rivals together at a temporary truce for the sake of discovering something for all of mankind. Every kid has spend at least one day of their life looking up at the sky and thinking “I wonder what it’s like up there.” Maybe even wishing you could one day go up there and see for yourself. I had these childhood days, and still occasionally do. I ask myself, “What have we not discovered yet?” and “When will we make the next breakthrough of discovery, and how will that affect us as mankind?” I may think to myself and get lost in the concept that there is so much yet undiscovered to humans. Science has always been a strong-point of mine, as it is a subject built around, and constructed upon the basis of discovery. It comes as a surprise to many why we know so little about something that is so vast and limitless, not to mention something we are completely surrounded by! Space is incredibly , for lack of a better word, alien, to us. Some may argue that we know a lot about the universe outside the bounds of our earth’s atmosphere...
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...Space is the final frontier 1. space: -outer space = region beyond earth 2. final: -last, ultimate, no more frontier beyond this 3. frontier: -an outer limit, especially one in which the opportunities for research and development have not been exploited 4. History of space exploration: simple overview of western countries – http://www.spacekids.co.uk/spacehistory/ includes China’s endeavors – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_space_exploration 5. Can space be considered an unexplored region if… a. man has been observing the sky since before recorded history? b. man has been thinking of exploring it since the 17th century?啟動螢幕閱讀器 共用設定 • yuanshangkwong c. the first man-made vehicle flew 100 km outside earth in 1942? d. the first human space flight in 1961? e. the Voyager I and II space craft were launched? f. man put a space station into orbit? g. even ordinary people like singer Sarah Brightman can pay to fly into space? h. we can be buried in space? 6. Consider: -What do we know about space? -What don’t we know about it? -Is it our next or our final frontier? -Is Antarctica the final frontier? Are the oceans our final frontier? Is the earth’s core our final frontier? Is time our final frontier? Is death our final frontier? I don’t think the opposition needs to say what is the final frontier, only that space isn’t. Negative side arguments 1st speaker 1) Definition on final, frontier, tangible or intangible frontier ...
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...Introduction Earth has a problem, overpopulation. Many scientist believe that mankind will soon grow to a population that our planet cannot sustain. The land to house, feed, and support the population is dwindling. Increases in drought and natural disasters are occurring more frequently and with increased severity. Pollution is increasing and man’s ability to consume resources is far outweighed by his ability to replace them. These are all problems shared by leaders of some and many countries. Hunger has stricken most of Africa and other places around the world. India and China make up approximately 37 percent of the world’s population. These are not problems that one has to research to find. There are public service announcements on television programming in the United States, one of the world’s superpowers and argued the most powerful nation, that state one in five American children will go to bed hungry. China has a law known commonly around the world that restricts families to one child unless pre-approved. Where do we go from here? Statement of Need Space has long been an area of curiosity for man. Upward man has found a home in the stars, Heaven, one that has yet to be fully explored. How do we do this? How does man find a place to settle when the planet he has called home since the beginning of time is slowly, but surely, dying? The solution is in the history of man himself. The human population took millennia to grow out of Africa. Slowly, man crawled...
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...abuse. Famine and starvation have run rampant, threatening life on across the planet. With humanity facing extinction, scientists turn to the stars for an answer. Upon their examination, a mysterious wormhole is discovered near saturn, seemingly placed by some sympathetic 5th dimensional beings seeking to save humanity. Cooper, an ex pilot turned astronaut, is recruited by Professor Brand, a physicist in charge of a covert government space exploration project, to find a new home for humanity. With...
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...For centuries, mankind has looked at the night sky and seen the stars shining bright. We have invented many things to see them. Mankind has also dreamed of seeing what is beyond our planet. On October 4, 1957, the manmade satellite, Sputnik, was launched into an orbit around the Earth. Then eleven years later, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and for the first-time man could walk on a surface other than something on the Earth. We learned a lot from going into space, and we could create amazing inventions from it. A great deal of modern technology is a result of space exploration, so we should continue to explore space to expand our technology and knowledge. Technology before the exploration of space was different than the technology we have today....
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...BE SPENT ON SPACE EXPLORATION By Shanel Sun English Composition I (ENC 1101) Mrs. H. N. S. Jayaweera Government funds should be spent on space exploration Why do governments spend millions of dollars each year on space exploration when there are issues on earth those need to be addresses? Shouldn’t the government worry about crime, Poverty, National debt, Terrorism, the economy and the environment instead of outer space? What about the lives of astronauts that is at sake? What is the value of time and energy wasted on space crafts that end up crashing or becoming space junk? What about the damage caused to the Ozone layer? Even though these questions are yet to be answered, governments should fund space explorations because there are many advantages of space exploration such as increment of inventions, accuracy of environmental predictions, growth of stock of resources and development of the economy. Manned space-flight has spawned many scientific innovations. One of the very important by products of space exploration has been the adaptation and innovation of medical equipment technologies which are making individual lives better and in many cases saving them. A water purification device used by astronauts have been developed to help patients who suffer from kidney failure by introducing the kidney dialysis, analyzing the fluid flow around space shuttle engine has helped to create an artificial heart pump for patients, Nitinol is an alloy used in space crafts and...
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...Mars, however it is dangerous to all mankind. I believe a trip to Mars is physically dangerous and societally terrifying, therefore the manned mission to Mars is bad idea. Unmistakably, the idea of sending people to Mars is physically dangerous for them. First, the mission would take a turn for the worst when it comes to keeping the astronauts alive. For example, the temperature is too cold to sustain human life on Mars, being nearly -61 degrees Fahrenheit. Since it is so cold and our bodies have not adapted to the Mars environment, it would be very difficult to survive. Second, being away from Earth’s gravity would physically hurt the astronaut. For instance, your bones and muscles get weaker and your body produces less blood. Since we are not made to be in zero gravity for...
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...The red planet. The next stop for exploration. The controversial topic of sending a man up to the planet Mars raises questions when thinking of the risks, and technology required to do so. When Kennedy addressed the issue of sending a man to the moon, he replied, “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” (Balogh 5). For the time, sending a man to the moon tested the limits, but that was the point. It has shown that humankind can succeed in reaching their goals that seem too out of reach. Sending people to Mars has the same effect. It will challenge technology and human limits, but sending a man to Mars would reestablish curiosity for the wonders of space, bring...
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...of a space aged mythological creature who uses a chisel to carve earth; which is a major difference from the myth of Earth Starter the creator which is a story of a mythical being that created the world by using mud from earth. I feel that the earth’s creation myths are distinctly different based on the creation of the earth, the creation of mankind, and the relationship between the creator and its/ their creations. When looking at the creation of the earth, there are many factor that come into play to determine that the earth’s creation myths are different. While reading “In The Beginning” a book written by Virginia Hamilton, there were creation myths that was referenced one titled Phan Ku the creator, and the other tilted Earth Starter the creator. In the creation myth of Phan Ku, the earth was created by a being chiseled/carved out by Phan Ku. The creation of the earth that is displayed in the story of Phan Ku differs from the earth’s creation myth of Earth Starter the creator. The creation of earth in the myth of Earth Starter was displaying that the earths was created by taking mud from under some sort of river/ and or ocean, and from that mud became earth. The creation of earth is one that is different among the cultures that have beliefs in the creation on earth. When you look at the creation myths behind the creation mankind, there many story as to how mankind was created, while looking at the creation myths of Phan Ku’s and Earth Starter’s theory as to how mankind was...
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...This research details the significance of space exploration on a nation’s economic, political, social, technological environmental factors. Table of Contents 1) Thesis 2) Detailed Outline 2) References Thesis Mankind has traversed the globe-from the highest mountain tops to the deepest depths of the oceans and everything else in between. The Earth is no longer mankind’s singular frontier to explore. Traversing the heavens is the future for mankind’s desire to conquer the unknown. While this reconnaissance of the unknown initially led to a fiercely competitive global race, it has bloomed into an international mutual coalition. NASA’s mission statement is “to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all of mankind” ("What does nasa," 2010). Likewise, the fifteen other nations taking part in the International Space Station comprehend the importance of the “case for space” in the environmental agenda for their respective countries. Our civilization’s curiosity permitted its citizens to see Earth as a delicate biosphere against the imminent desolation of the cosmos. Thus, investments in space programs ranging from satellite launches to rocket development, and manned/unmanned exploration play a key role today-along the way landscaping every participant nation’s political, economic, sociocultural, and technological surface. Detailed Outline I. A description of space exploration and an explanation of the associated...
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...Airplane is an invention of mankind that let the people to make the dream of flying come true. From ancient times people were dreaming of flying like the birds. In different periods of time, inventors were trying to achieve how to make it happen by the different means. The first draft of the flying machine was created by Leonardo da Vinci in 15th century, but in 1903 the first real flight was achieved by Wright Brothers. The dream of mankind was finally achieved to fly as a bird. In first years of the twentieth century, airplane industry was developing very quickly. Different countries started to engineer their own planes. Airplane industry was divided into two directions: it became civil, and defensive. In process of two world wars aviation was playing a big role. In 50’s of the last century aviation had changed dramatically. Airplanes started to fly hypersonic speed. There have been invented civil aircrafts and military fighters. Aviation was generating a huge profit. New corporation were founded, such as Boeing, Airbus, European Space Corporation, and Russian soviet State Aircraft Industry. Civil aviation made it possible for people to travel faster and plan long distance voyages all around the world. Air cargo carriage has increased quantities of the products that have been moved and decreased the time of the process, in result economies of the different countries have experienced an unseen before development, and increased an employment all around the world...
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...Abstract Within the pages of a book, authors are able to create great visual images of locations and landscapes by using elaborate and descriptive words. Sometimes these images are transferred into an actual visual by the subsequent creation of films based upon these great works. “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick is an example of such as it is based upon the literary short story, “The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke. Kubrick has done an astounding job at developing the original short story by combining music with visual images way before it’s time. The film allows its viewers to see the original short story told by Clarke, creatively expanded and elaborated upon in comparison with great detail. Table of Contents Introduction The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke), 1951 • Descriptive Elements • Theme – First contact 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, 1968 • Style, Visual and Music Elements • Theme – Evolution Conclusion References The Sentinel and 2001: A Space Odyssey Introduction “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) has been called, “The most spectacular vision of the future,” and “Eerily accurate and wild with suspense” (Nashawaty, 2011). It is an epic science fiction film based on the short story, “The Sentinel” (1951), written by Arthur C Clarke. Comparing the literary work from Clarke, to the fully elaborated film by Kubrick, it can be said that there is very little similarities. Kubrick has managed to develop Clark’s ideas into an epic movie that must...
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...Comparing and Contrasting 2001: A Space Odyssey and “The Sentinel” Tracy Goldman HUMN425: Science Fiction Georgia State University Comparing and Contrasting 2001: A Space Odyssey and “The Sentinel” 2001: A Space Odyssey is a film based on Arthur Clarke's short story, "The Sentinel." The purpose of this paper is to explain the similarities and differences between “The Sentinel” and 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are many similarities and differences between “The Sentinel” and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The obvious similarity is the crystal pyramid in the story and the monolith in the film. According to Dictionary.com a sentinel is described as a) a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching and, b) a character used to indicate the beginning or end of a particular block of information. The crystal pyramid and the monolith serve as sentinels because in “The Sentinel” the narrator says that the crystal pyramid was one of millions scattered throughout the universe watching over all worlds with a promise of life. This is present in the movie when the apes are basically ignorant in the skills to survive and defend themselves and when the monolith appears their curiosity and understanding changes for the better proving the end of the block of information. Another similarity between the crystal pyramid and the monolith that is seen in “The Sentinel”, as well as in 2001: A Space Odyssey is the conviction the purpose of these sentinels is to alert or warn the “emissaries” of...
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...The Apollo missions began before man first stepped onto the moon. These important missions began during the early 1960s. These ideas of sending men to the moon took hold and the idea was set into motion. The motivation of this discovery was to send men to the moon. This idea was not created or thought of out of the blue and was created from the work and experiments of others. This idea formed from Project Mecury, and took things much further in regard to space exploration. If it wasn’t for Project Mecury, the Apollo missions would have never come to pass. Some of the questions that had to be asked in regard to the Apollo missions was how can we make it possible for men to survive the trip to and from the moon? Sending men to the moon in the...
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