AMUN 2015 Position Papers---SPECPOL Canada: Jesse Martinez & Alex Lee Issue: Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space The prevention of an arms race in outer space is a matter that is vital to the national security interests of the nation of Canada. As a country with a history in space exploration and as a big contributor to the world space effort‚ Canada is a major power in maintaining a safe environment in outer space. Since the 1960’s‚ Canada has worked closely with her allies‚ namely the United
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Model rocketry is a hobby similar to building model airplanes‚ where rocket-shaped models are flown vertically and recovered by a variety of means. The rockets may vary greatly in size and complexity.According to the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) safety code‚ model rockets are constructed of paper‚ wood‚ plastic and other lightweight materials. The code also provides guidelines for motor use‚ launch site selection‚ launch methods‚ launcher placement‚ recovery system design and deployment
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Bill and the Boom Box Rocket by Artie S. Once upon a time there lived a boy named Bill‚ who always dreamed of flying to the moon. One summer evening when Bill was trying to go to sleep‚ he was bothered by his big brother Ron. Ron was playing his new boom box too loud. The only way Bill could go to sleep was to put on some headphones and play a tape. His favorite tape had the sound of the ocean waves splashing up on shore. As he lay there in bed with his eyes closed pretending
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Gattaca Oral Presentation Draft -A review of the film. From the day Vincent was born‚ he had always been concidered as highly flawed‚ and as an ’invalid’. His parents were planning on carrying on the family name with their first born child by calling Vincent‚ Anton‚ after his father‚ Antonio. However‚ once finding out that Vincent was prone to illness’ such as neurological disorder‚ manic depression‚ attention deficit disorder‚ heart failure‚ and was expected to live for only 30.2 years‚ Vincent’s
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Alex Gagosian Composition II Instructor Bieniek Abstract Funding by the government allows selected human beings to experience a world beyond the atmosphere of earth. Some of mans greatest accomplishments have occurred in space‚ such as the moon landing. Space travel not only provides the delightful experience‚ but it also helps us to better our technology as the year’s progress. Although these are positive aspects of space travel‚ there are negative aspects that strongly linger‚ making space
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There is no doubt that huge sums of money are being spent on space travel by government of advanced countries. Of course‚ it is important to explore outer space in-order to learn about other planets‚ search for life‚ however‚ perhaps it had better to care of problems on our planet and spend these sums on dealing with them? Perhaps‚ the strongest argument in favour of space travel is the overflow of population. The number of people is increasing‚ habitable land is decreasing‚ planet’s resources
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Are We Knowingly Reducing Our Survivability? Although it’s been 65 million years since the last massively devastating meteor hit the Yucatan Pennisula‚ it’s inevitable that it will happen again. This isn’t something that should be overlooked or cast aside. We simply need more funding for research and development of space exploration tools. With said funding‚ we will be able to advance our knowledge and understand of the universe‚ protect the Earth from potential meteor threats‚ and continue to advance
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Science- Its Uses and Abuse Science is very useful yo us. It’s discoveries and inventions make our life comfortable in many ways. They have given us better and quicker means of transport. Trains‚ buses‚ cars‚ aeroplanes‚ helicopters‚ ships‚ electric trains and auto-rickshaws help us to move from one place to another very quickly. Before their appearances people move from one place to another mainly on walk. The rich travelled by the coaches drawn by horses and several men rode upon horses
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FM Reading Response 1: Dave Gilbert’s “Space Harpoon Plan to Nail Orbital Garbage” Summary The article Space Harpoon Plan to Nail Orbital Garbage talks about this invention called a “space harpoon” that will eliminate only some of the space debris that is in earth’s low orbit. There is a lot of space debris that can cause future problems with the everyday technology that people use. An engineer‚ by the name of Jaime Reed‚ warns that the low-earth orbit may become unusable from the space junk if
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Traveling enables many people to broaden their minds in certain respects. When you travel you gain new ideas and experience new things. However you do not have to travel miles to expand your horizons‚ and there are many disadvantages associated with traveling. Travelling makes it possible to experience new cultures; for example‚ observing different religions and customs‚ even if it just means traipsing round an Indian mosque‚ or visiting an Egyptian temple. While traveling‚ you can learn new languages
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