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Apollo and Challenger Disasters
This paper is going to compare the Apollo 1 and the Challenger
disasters. Both space
programs were unfortunate disasters, caused by a series of oversights
and misjudgments. How did this lost of life occur in such a high tech
environment?
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Aquarius viewing and history
Aquarius can be found in the SE sky in autumn, especially October. A
dark night is especially helpful because many faint stars make up
Aquarius. This will help to make the fainter stars stand out because its
hard enough to see a shape in Aquarius. Up and to the west of aquarius,
pegasus can be found. Down and to the east of aquarius, capricorn can be
found.
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Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and was born in 348 B.C. He studied
under another philosopher Plato and later tutored Alexander the Great at
the Macedonian court. In 335 B.C. he opened a school in the Athenian
Lyceum. During the anti-Macedonian agitation after Alexander's death
Aristotle fled to Chalcis where he later died in 322 B.C.
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Are
we Alone
We once believed that Earth is the only planet in the
Universe
that supports life. Today there is overwhelming evidence that
not only suggests, but supports the very real possibility that we
may share the Universe with other intelligent beings.
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Apollo 13 (AS-508)
Houston, we have a problem.
The Apollo 13 mission was launched at 2:13 p.m. EST,
April 11, 1970 from launch
complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The space vehicle crew consisted of
James A. Lovell, Jr.commander, John L. Swigert, Jr., command module
pilot and Fred W.Haise, Jr. lunar module pilot.
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ASTRONOMY 102 SEC 013
The ultimate question is; Is there a possibility that life might exist
on a planet in the Beta Pictoris system? First, one must ask, Are there
planets in the Beta Pictoris system?. However, that question would be
impossible to answer if one did not answer the most basic questions
first; Where do planets come from? and do the key elements and
situations, needed to form planets, exist in the Beta Pictoris system?
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Atlantis & Mir
Last year something amazing took place, but it wasn’t in a laboratory.
It wasn’t under the ocean, and it wasn’t on the land. It was in space.
The docking of the United State's Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Russian
Space Station Mir was an important step towards international
cooperation in space.
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Into
the Depths of A Black Hole
Everyday we look out upon the night sky, wondering and dreaming of what
lies beyond our planet. The universe that we live in is so diverse and
unique, it interests us to learn about all the variance that lies beyond
our grasp. Within this marvel of wonders, our universe holds a mystery
that is very difficult to understand, because of the complications that
arise when trying to examine and explore the principles of space. That
mystery happens to be that of black holes. As you will read about black
holes, you can finally appreciate the phenomenon, we all know as, black
holes.
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Asteroid Defense
When it comes down to developing a way to defend the
entire planet from destruction I am all for it. A large asteroid or
comet hitting the earth is not a common occurrence. But it has happened
many times before and when it does happen again the asteroid may wipe
out all life, including humans. If our government did develop an
anti-asteroid defense system, it would not only have to protect our
country, but the whole planet.
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Comets
Have you ever looked up in the sky and
seen a little ball creeping by? If so, did you wonder what it was? That
little ball is called a comet. Comets are small, fragile, and
irregularly shaped. Most are composed of frozen gas. However, some are
composed of frozen gas and non-volatile grains. They usually follow very
strict paths around the sun. Comets become most visible when they cross
the sun.
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ET
and Egypt
"Did the early Egyptians have help in
building the pyramids?" All over the world remain fantastic objects,
vestiges of people or forces which the theories of archaeology, history,
and religion cannot explain. There is something inconsistent about our
archaeology. They have found electric batteries many thousands of years
old. They have found strange beings in perfect space-suits with platinum
fasteners.
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Evolution of Satellites
Satellite is probably the most useful
invention since the wheel. Satellites have the capability to let you
talk with someone across the nation or let you close a business deal
through video communication. Almost everything today is heading towards
the use of satellites, such as telephones. At&t has used this
communications satellite (top right) ever since the late 1950s. TVS and
radios are also turning to the use of satellites. RCA and Sony have
released satellite dishes for Radio and Television services. New
technology also allows the military to use satellites as a weapon. The
new ION cannon is a satellite that can shoot a particle beam anywhere on
earth and create an earthquake.
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Fusion
For centuries, humankind has looked
at the stars, and for just as many years humankind has tried to explain
the existence of those very same stars. Were they holes in an enormous
canvas that covered the earth? Were they fire-flies that could only be
seen when the Apollo had parked his chariot for the night? There seemed
to be as many explanations for the stars as there were stars themselves.
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Copernicus' work
His work on planetary motion stood an a very high mathematical
level for his times. His theory explained how all the celestial bodies
move around the Sun. It took Nicolaus 30 years of mathematical research
to form a theory about planetary motion.
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Galileo Galilei
"founder of modern experimental
science"
Galileo Galilei was one of the most remarkable scientists ever. He
discovered many new ideas and theories and introduced them to mankind.
Galileo helped society as an Italian astronomer and physicist, but how
did he come to be such a great and well-known scientist? It took hard
work and patience....
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Galileo vs Darwin
"Whereas Galileo spent his last days under house arrest and was formally
condemned by the Church for his scientific views, the elder Darwin was
widely respected by the Anglican Church and was buried at the
Westminster Abbey, an honor reserved for only the most illustrious
personages of Great Britain. The reason for the two scientists' very
different fortunes is simple: Galileo couldn't prove the Copernican
hypothesis but Darwin was able to demonstrate the truth of his theory of
evolution."
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Gamma Rays
Gamma Rays are Waves on the electromagnetic Spectrum that have a
Wavelength of 10 or Higher and 11 down. Gamma Rays are produced in labs
through the process of nuclear collision and also through the artificial
Radioactivity that accompanies these interactions. The high energy
nuclei
needed for the collisions are accelerated by such devices such as the
Cyclotron and synchrotron.
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Hale Bopp
As I am sure all of you know, we have recently been able to see a new
but not permanent additon to the night sky. This addition is known as
Hale-Bopp, a comet that is about 122 million miles (about 1.3 times the
distance of the sun to the earth) from the earth and is approximately 25
miles wide. Hale-Bopp was discovered on July 23,1995 by two scientists
named Alan Hale in New Mexico and Thomas Bopp in Arizona. This is the
first discovery for both of them, although Alan Hale is one of the top
visual comet observers in the world, having seen about 200 comet
apparitions. That is one of the reasons they put his name first.
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WHAT
IS ASTROLOGY
Astrology is the study of planetary influences and their affect on the
world and
everything in it. Astrology is usually limited to human beings--their
nature, and their
affairs, although a chart can be drawn up for just about any event. The
horoscope is a
blue print or pattern of the solar system cast for a particular moment
of time. It is from
this that the astrologer bases the interpretation or delineation as
indicated by the nature
of the sun, moon, and planets.
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Little Green Men or Just Little
Microscopic Organisms?
The question of life on Mars is a puzzle that has plagued many minds
throughout the world. Life on Mars, though, is a reality. When you think
of Martians, you think of little green men who are planning to invade
Earth and destroy all human life, right? Well, some do and some do not.
Though believing that there are little green men on Mars is just a
fantasy, or is it? The kind of life that may have lived there is the
kind you would never consider of giving the name "Martian" to. They are
small organisms such as microbes or bacteria.
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MERCURY
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It’s average distance from the
sun is approximately fifty-eight million km and it’s diameter is 4875
km, making it the second smallest planet in our solar system. It’s
volume and mass are about 1/18 that of the earth and it’s average
density is approximately equal to that of the earth. Mercury’s magnetic
field is one-hundred times weaker than that of Earth’s. Mercury has the
shortest revolution of all the planets in our solar system and revolves
around the sun in about eighty-eight days. Radar observations of the
planet show that its period of rotation is 58.7 days, or two-thirds of
its period of revolution. That means that Mercury has one and one-half
days in it’s year.
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Neptune
Neptune is the outermost planet of the gas
giants. It has an equatorial diameter of 49,500 kilometers (30,760
miles) and is the eighth planet from the sun. If Neptune were hollow, it
could contain nearly 60 Earth's. Neptune orbits the Sun every 165 years.
It has eight moons, six of which were found by Voyager 2. A day on
Neptune is 16 hours and 6.7 minutes. Neptune was discovered on September
23, 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle, of the Berlin Observatory. Neptune
got its named from the Roman God of the Sea.
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Common
Theory of the Universe
You are about to be transported to a
very strange world, read on if you dare! The planet you are on is a
giant disco ball, rotating clockwise. (Earth) This disco ball is in a
place that has two stories. It is on the first story ceiling, but the
ceiling is made of glass so the disco ball can be seen from both floors.
The walls of the room are black.
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