by paleontologists‚ could have brought an end to the dinosaurs and all the other species that died with them. Since there are many theories about this I will not write about them all. I have chosen the theory about death by Cosmic Collision (an asteroid). In 1980 Luis Alvarez and John Sepkowski Jr.‚ famous geologists‚ blamed the extinction of the
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4/23/13 Science & Society Space Exploration A Global Addiction and Its Impact on Society and Social Power The obsession and curiosity of space and the unknown has become a major factor in today’s society that continues to influence and affect other imperative issues that need to be addressed. New technology‚ space‚ and the unknown are things that everyone desires to learn more about and cannot get enough of. It is a fact that cannot be ignored whether one wants to or not. However‚ new space
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cells machines farming methods oceans 2. Underwater earthquakes may cause which of the following? (Points : 3) hurricane volcano asteroid impact tsunami 3. Many scientists believe that the dinosaurs disappeared as the result of which of the following? (Points : 3) asteroid impact volcanic eruption hurricane tsunami 4. Why study earth science? (Points : 3) to understand how plants reproduce to reduce pollution
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were made for pure entertainment value. One such film‚ Armageddon‚ directed by Michael Bay‚ is a science-fiction‚ action movie that was solely used for entertainment purposes. Armageddon is about an asteroid coming toward earth that will totally destroy mankind and the planet. No one saw the asteroid plunging towards Earth until it was too late. “Well our object collision budget’s a million dollars. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky‚ and beg’n pardon sir‚ but it’s a big-ass
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have been the cause of past extinctions. Professor Daniel Whitmire claims the ice planet will turn evil by hurling space rocks towards Earth. It’s 20‚000-year solar orbit will eventually pass through the Kuiper asteroid belt just beyond Pluto. When it does‚ the series of comets and asteroids could become weapons of death deflected towards Earth. Apparently‚ this isn’t the first time the murderous planet
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The “planet” Pluto was discovered by scientist in 1930. Even then‚ there was controversy over whether this little ball of ice should be considered a planet. It was decided it should‚ mainly because since the gravity of the eighth planet‚ Neptune‚ was found because it was tugging on the seventh planet‚ Uranus‚ and then Pluto was found when its gravity tugged on the orbit of Neptune. Pluto was just a continuation in the time-tested practice of discovering the existence of planets from the behavior
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to ensure the future survival of humanity. NASA is currently in charge of detecting and tracking asteroids that could impact Earth and destroy life as we know it. Some explanations for extinctions and evolution include strikes by asteroids or comets. "While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works‚ it also holds dangers. The chance of a large asteroid or comet hitting the Earth is small‚ but given time‚ it will happen." Our technology is reaching
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for it to send astronauts on voyages to an asteroid and then eventually onto Mars. The idea for this vehicle came from an earlier idea for another spaceship. The designs that the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle are based on was originally designed for was the Orion spaceship but unfortunately it was part of NASA Constellation program which has now been canceled (Wall). With the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle‚ NASA hopes to aspire to send astronauts to an asteroid by 2025‚ and also have crewed Mars missions
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Physics Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of outer space by means of space technology. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft. While the observation of objects in space‚ known as astronomy‚ predates reliable recorded history‚ it was the development of large and relatively efficient rockets during the early 20th century that allowed physical space exploration to become a reality. Common rationales for exploring space include
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By looking at both graphs we can see that from □(→┬AB ) the spaceship is accelerating from 0 to 0.95c until it reaches the Asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is located at 1.7AU far from earth ‚ Then 95% of the speed of light can be written as 2.85X〖10〗^8 m/s and one AU equals 1.496×〖10〗^11 mt‚ to calculate how much time the spaceship takes to reach B we have (1.7(1.496x〖10〗^11 m))/(1/2((2.85×〖10〗^8 m)/s))=~1778s or approximately 30 minutes. Whereas from C to D the spaceship desaccelerates at a
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