With humanity coming closer and closer to finally having the ability to visit another planet, many have questioned whether or not, once we can visit Mars, if we should. Whatever one’s position on the topic, one thing can be agreed upon, that sending a manned mission to The Red Planet will be very difficult, and cost an extremely large amount of money and resources. Sending actual live people to Mars is something that is coming closer to a reality, with the chance approaching extremely fast, in the
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It was a sunny fall day with a hint of a breeze. It was that time of the year filled with fuzzy socks, pumpkin spice latte’s, orange leaves, and the perfect weather. We had just moved here from Louisiana to a town called Beacon Hills located right outside of Hollywood, California. Beacon Hills is that one town where everyone knew everyone, and no one ever really left. jane , Mom, Dad, and I were outsiders, like one bright white daisy in a field of ravishing red roses. We didn’t know anyone, that
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The space race expedition to conquer mars, set out by Mars One, should not be pursued due to the detrimental effects the journey will have on the physical and psychological health of the astronauts embarking on the mission, and the lack of technology needed to ensure the success of the colonization.Undeniably, the expedition will bring about new discoveries of the components of our lives on earth, and scientific advancements unlike anything people have known before (Jordan); unfortunately, that point
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Have you ever heard about the solar eclipse’s myth before? Well people say that it was caused by people who didn’t even live on Earth. It all started on Planet Lucifer. On Planet Lucifer was a faraway land, which was called Land of Loasien. The Land of Loasien was filled with happiness and love. On the Land of Loasien lived a goddess. She goes by the name of Luna. She was so beautiful, Luna had long light brown curly hair, with sparkling light brown eyes. Luna was also known for her magical power
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A Schooner is just a boat, a boat is just a plain old boat, but this boat was different...it never died. As many people are familiar with, every story has a happy ending, I cannot guarantee this one does. July 4th, 2011: It started out as any other normal day, flags flying through the wind, children laughing and playing, fireworks booming through the air. It was almost as if it had started out being the perfect 4th of July. Carson cried, " Marco, get off of me!" "Relax, he's just playing
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Reading takes you on an adventure around the world, in acient times, into the future, it all depends on your imagination. It was broad day when Ranger Chick Bodrie road into the town of Muskeet on his Strawberry Roan. Though he saw nothing he could hear the town was awake. He rode into town not expecting any trouble, he stopped at O`Brians Livery stable and left his Roan with a man named King Kowel. Chick would have to find a hotel and get a square meal in, he had been eating water and flour mixed
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The thick red dust swirled around as I hopped out of the bed of a small Isuzu truck. As I looked around me, the shadow of a small dingy building was becoming clearer and clearer while the engulfing cloud of earth settled back to the ground. I brushed the dirt off of my shirt as the ninety-minute drive from the Karen tribal village (my home for the past 3 weeks) had been nothing more than a narrow, winding, and dust laden trail. These trails were only accessible by small 4-wheel drive trucks and only
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I was blessed to be able to choose a story from hundreds of books on my bookshelf, and one night, I asked my mom to read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown to me. It is a children’s book about a little bunny saying goodnight to everything in her room. Although Goodnight Moon has only 130 words, it taught me life lessons that I, otherwise, may not have ever learned. Gratitude and “goodnights” became very important to me that night. The bunny in the story said goodnight to all of the immense and
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Drought Today , I woke up thinking of a clear sunny day. the sun out, birds chirping , and smiles through the city . I start my day off with breakfast , my phone call to Mississippi. so I can make sure, my family up there is okay. Lately, the weather up there has been dry, the state has been getting hotter , temperatures have been rising. It hasn't rained in a while. Friends have been spreading the word that it's the start of a drought. I went to the store and stored up on water and before I knew
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This theme works because Margot only chance in seven years to see the sun and the kids threw that opportunity out the window by locking her in a closet. One idea for life has unfair and horrible times is Margot was always so eager, and patient for the sun to show, but she couldn’t see it because her peers in her class were jealous of her. When the class was mad at Margot, they threw her in a closet and lock it when the sun came out. If Margot was never lock in a closet then she could be happy again
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