Through time‚ humans have dreamed of travelling across the stars to the exoplanets we’ve spotted far away‚ but such a trip would be very long. Even to travel at the current space speed record to the nearest known exoplanet would take 43‚000 years (4). All that aside; the main issue is sustaining a human population for that long‚ if it were based generation to generation it would take roughly 600 generations of humans before they arrived based on today’s current life expectancy (3). This issue isn’t
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The Martian Chronicles is a series of almost unrelated short stories that explore the tenacity of the human race. Four separate expeditions to Mars‚ resulted in four different disasters for the crews‚ yet still the humans kept trying to conquer the frontier that was Mars. Mars as a planet tries to prove itself to be hostile to humanity with thin oxygen yet fails due to the tenacity of the colonists. “No!...I’ll be all right. I’ve got to stay here!” the words of Benjamin Driscoll‚ the Johnny Appleseed
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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 celebrity over night. He returned to earth as a national hero in his country. His
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In the section titled November 2036: The Silent Towns‚ a man‚ Walter Gripps finds himself to be the only man left on Mars because every other human that had settled there decided to return to Earth after hearing of a nuclear war breaking out there. A swell idea...‚.He eventually can contact the last woman on Mars‚ Genevieve Selsor‚ through telephone and plans to meet her in town. Walter pictures
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On today world human are too busy doing our daily duty like going to work‚ going to school‚ moving to point A to point B. We often forgot to look up at the beautiful sky above us‚ and missed the beautiful view of the night skies. Some of us who still find time to look at the stars at night‚ and wonder what secrets it hold or how amazing it is. On the last few decade‚ we have been sending Man made machine far beyond earth like Mars. We even have space station for human to live on it for temporary
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Space travel has always been an exciting adventure for people. For centuries people have looked at the stars and wondered what else was out there. Then we started studying it and as technology and human knowledge advanced people started getting more curious. Now in the 21st century people wonder if it is really worth it to fund a mission to space that is hugely expensive‚ time consuming and difficult to generate public support for. The United States does not have a space exploration program anymore
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Fueling NASA‚ the Key to Unlocking the Universe Could Mars be the next planet humans inhabit? Who will be the first to determine how to get to this red-dirt home‚ the governments of the world or private companies? Robert Gebelhoff‚ in an article for the Washington Post‚ stated that the Space Race is far from over in today’s society‚ and the stakes are just as high as before (Gebelhoff 3). With the idea of leaving Earth looms overhead‚ scientists and engineers are busy at work coming up with theories
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life to highlight the importance of the individual’s mind set against the meaning of human existence. Malouf’s three main characters‚ Jim Saddler‚ Ashley Crowther and Imogen Harcourt‚ are used to present Malouf’s themes in a unique and sensitive manner. Malouf also implies that fate is predetermined and beyond the control of the individual. The only escape route offered is through man’s imagination. "It is the human mind‚ the imagination which makes us special..." Malouf suggests life has a continuity
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Entering this technologically and scientifically-advanced era has gradually been extremely beneficial for scientists as well as the population. With our new technology‚ we have gradually discovered more and more celestial bodies that may or may not be able to support life. Since 2005‚ we have found more and more ‘super-Earths’‚ which is a term used for an extrasolar planet that has a mass higher than planet Earth’s but below the mass of the solar systems’ gas giants. In some cases‚ these super-Earths
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BOB Space programme plays an important role in our life because it helps human know the world clearly. There are increasing number of money spent on space programmer in United States and Russia‚ which has had a significant impact all over the world. Although there are some advantages like contributing to economy growth and providing chance to search new planet for human to live‚ there are several disadvantages need to be considered like wasting non-renewable resources and including unforeseen
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