My experience as the first space colony recruit was something else. Exploring the dark side of the moon was somewhat frightening. It was a lot darker than what I imagined it to be. The very first day of the exploration the people from the space station gave me a very good flashlight. They told me it could last up to thirty-six hours of lightness. My hopes dropped after The first day I went out with my supposed to be “good flashlight”; it died. The dumb flashlight lasted only like twenty-one minutes
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“Why choose Europa?” a reporter asked me. ”Why not Jupiter or Saturn?” “I want to be the first to explore unknown areas!” “Aren’t you scared about being alone for two years?” “I enjoy being alone. I can observe better.” “Why did NASA chose you?” “I worked as a scientist from mission control.” I boarded the space shuttle. I glanced outside. I would be travelling 390.4 million miles away from home. I would return after researching fifteen years later. Six years later we arrived at Europa. “This
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The Mars 1 (Sputnik 23) mission was a failed fly by in November 1962. It was successfully launched by the USSR (Soviet Union) on the first of November 1992. It began sending back data on interplanetary space (the space between planets which is not empty but filled with solar wind, Interplanetary Magnetic Field, Cosmic rays and Dust). After the station launched into the direction of Mars it started sending back radio transmissions every 2 days and then later into the mission every 5 days. But then
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Good Morning fellow classmates I am going to talk about the first man ever to walk on the moon. His name was Neil Armstrong. His quote was “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” I chose this speech because it stuck out to me not because he recently passed but they it sounded it just spoke to me. I am going to tell you about how he was brave, a true American, and how he is important to me. I think Neil Armstrong was very brave for multiple reasons. First is that he had gone out there
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Setting Analysis Sonny's Blues Sonny's Blues takes place in Harlem, New York. The story unfolds during the 1950's which was a time frame that swept the African American community into a downward spiral. This period followed the Harlem Renaissance and although that historical event ended after the 1920's, the effects on the black community were still very prevalent factor. Musicians, poets, writers and other creatives still managed to flourish. On the contrary, poverty stricken neighborhoods
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“You will not cry or whine or laugh or giggle or sneeze or burp. No annoying sounds.” The story starts off as Gru wanting to take the moon, and he already had a plan mapped out to steal the moon. The only thing left he needed was the shrink ray that will shrink the moon small enough so he could grab it. The only person who had a shrink ray was Vector (another villain). Then Gru sees these three little girls who he will use as bait to get inside Vector’s lair. Gru gets the shrink ray and also successfully
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Last month, everyone helped to lift Liam, a lanky member of the team, to a dense aspen tree to retrieve a wayward rocket that was stuck at 35 ft. He gradually made his way up and used a fishing rod to pry the tangled parachute off the branches. A lot had happened before a group of a dozen kids ended up in a windy cornfield north of Boston. For four years, I was on MIT Lincoln Lab’s Team America Rocketry Challenge team, two as the captain. A nationwide competition, TARC focuses on designing, simulating
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The year was 2993. The government controlled everyone and everything. Every machine, every mind. Equality was mandatory. No one was better looking or more physically fit than anyone else. If the rules were ever broken, the government would know. On April 4 2992, Lennon a genius began to work on his “greatest invention ever to be made.” A flying machine as light as a feather and as fast as nuclear bombs falling from a plane. They were bright red with black lines going across the sides. He called
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In Nevada, there is a secret or isolated, off the grid Air Force most commonly referred to as, Area 51. Due to the secrecy of this base and some strange sightings; there has since been several popular conspiracy theories surrounding and questioning the “true purpose” behind Area 51. Many eager conspiracy theorist claims range from extremely unlikely to that could be possible. For example, Area 51 is a secret base that uses its facility for reverse engineering of alien UFO’s, to hide aliens, and for
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During the excitement of the first lunar landing, Herblock, a credible cartoonist, illustrates that the world was more focused on getting a man on the moon than addressing problems occurring at the time to the readers of the Washington Post. The lunar landing had everyone enticed with its inauguration, which allowed Herblock to draw his cartoon. As the prominent cartoonist, Herblock, puts it, he draws a picture of a man who is seated in a lounge chair and is watching television while he is on the
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