Sebastian Castellanos
Prof. Erika Harnett
ESS 102
Nov. 1, 2015
Sci-fi paper
March, 23, 2024 We made it! Well, to be honest, this was expected considering how careful they are down at mission control, but I couldn’t help being a little nervous. It’s a strange feeling, leaving your home. In my case, I left my planet, so I guess it is a different feeling, but it still feels the same, damn it. This really is a different feeling than being on earth, our bodies are weightless and I feel that my skin has started to bloat. It is too bad that I did not get to see the moon, as it was on the other side of the planet in this stage of its orbit. Our mission is to send and pilot a surveyor drone into Jupiter’s atmosphere and collect information from our
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It has been a long journey, but this is where the real journey starts. From Venus, our course is to fly back and get a Gravity assist from Earth. This maneuver will change our acceleration using the gravitational pull from a nearby object to “launch” us towards where we need to go[3]. This technique can be used to increase or decrease our acceleration[3] in this case, we are going to use it to increase our acceleration. All an all, from the start of our mission till we leave Earths pull, this maneuver will take around 10 months to complete[4], saving us money and fuel[3]. I am not completely proficient with the mathematics involved, but I do know that the Cassini mission had an increase of about 3km/s, increasing their velocity from 35 km/s to about 38 km/s[5]. This is the start of the second phase of the maneuver and I am excited to see it play out. This yellow tinted planet is very interesting to look at, but Venus is not the focus of our mission. Being in the orbit of another planet is a very strange feeling; you never truly get a scale of the size of planets until you have been close to two. It is unfortunate that we cannot get closer to Venus, but we have been given a drone that we will drop onto the surface of Venus. It is not piloted or controlled by us; we just have to drop it off. We have other planets to survey. The thought entering the surveying phase getting me even more
During The Iliad we see the warrior ethos as being the main ethos, but as we transfer to The Odyssey we see the transformation from warrior ethos to domestic ethos. Furthermore, the novel is based on domestic ethos and how home affects the warrior. Throughout The Odyssey we see Odysseus trying to make his way home after the Trojan War. On his adventure home he goes through trials and challenges before he actually makes it home. He has to outsmart people to be able to get where he wants to with out dying. This task is not easy but eventually he makes it. Moreover, we realize that warrior ethos is not the major ethos represented in the novel. It is domestic ethos. Odysseus learns how to use the domestic ethos to his
Scientists are sending drones to different planets such as Mars so that they can see if it
In Bowen’s article, he discusses the different gothic motifs that make up gothic literature such as power and restraint, clashing time periods, strange places, terror versus horror, and a world of doubt. “Edward Scissorhands” has always been considered a strange film while We Have Always Lived in a Castle has always been considered a gothic novel. According to Bowen’s list of gothic motifs, “Edward Scissorhands” would be considered more gothic than the novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle because it fits more of the gothic conventions.
The scientific objective of the Kepler Mission is to explore the structure and diversity of planetary systems. This is achieved by surveying a large sample of stars to: 1) Determine the abundance of terrestrial and larger planets in or near the habitable zone of a wide variety of stars; 2) Determine the distribution of sizes and shapes of the orbits of these planets; 3) Estimate how many planets there are in multiple-star systems; 4) Determine the variety of orbit sizes and planet reflectivities, sizes, masses and densities of short-period giant planets; 5) Identify additional members of each discovered planetary system using other techniques; 6) Determine the properties of those stars that harbor planetary systems.
No one could have imagined, back in the mid-sixties, that the exploration of the moons of Jupiter laid not in the next century but only fifteen years ahead. Nor had anyone dreamed of the wonders that would be found there - although we can be quite certain that the discoveries of the twin Voyagers will one day be surpassed by even more unexpected finds. When 2001 was written, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto were mere pinpoints of light in even the most
Here’s a number: 800. That’s about one and a half times the amount of people in our high school. It’s also the estimated number of children who die each day due to diarrhoeal diseases caused by unclean and unsafe drinking water (WaterAid). That being said, here in the United States, almost anyone can walk up to a drinking fountain and clean water will shoot out. My whole life I have taken too many opportunities and freedoms for granted, which is why someday, I want to go on a mission trip to help people in need.
On the route to Jupiter, Galileo flew closely past two asteroids, Gaspra on October 29th of 1991 and Ida on August 28th of 1993
The cost of college tuition is continually on the rise and has placed many burdens on high school students as well as their families. Some of the burdens that are placed are a result of parents putting pressure on their children to earn scholarships. Some of the burden is a result of students putting pressure on themselves to earn scholarships. Then, there is the burden of high college debt once the student graduates. Is this pressure really helping our students or is it hurting them? The bottom line is college tuition is skyrocketing out of control and something must be done before it destroys our families and our children.
At 1000 times the size of the planet Earth, Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and its biggest influence. In fact, Jupiter could swallow all of the plants in the solar system twice and still have room. More than any other planet, Jupiter shapes our solar systems past, present, and future. Most recently, scientists have been attempting to unlock the gas giants’ secrets. On December 7th, 1995, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft dropped a 750 pound titanium probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere. The probe hurled into the cloud tops at over 1006 miles an hour. Even though Jupiter appears calm, quite, and serene from a distance. There are ferocious winds, lightning storms, and immense pressures. With such an enormous mass, the closer
We have been launched into space and have been searching for Venus. The distance from Earth to Venus is 25,800,00 miles away. I have calculated the miles into scientific notation which is 2.58x107, I’ll take us 1,032 hours and 43 days to get to Venus. Venus is extremely hot it’s average temperature is 867o F and it stays like this everyday! A unique fact about Venus is that it’s the only planet in our solar system to rotate the opposite direction.Venus is covered in craters and volcanoes, you could see Venus from a naked eye all the way from
I want start by clarifying that I will strive to be as apolitical as possible and hopefully not start a separate debate over political or religious ideology – I am not taking a side. I am also cherry-picking rather than picking a specific Beatitude – and the reason for this is because I believe elements of each apply and go together with others – interchangeable in today’s context.
“Your assignment is to write a persuasive essay and present it to the class in a week. You will be graded based on how convincing it is. Today we will be choosing topics,” announced Mr. Bowerbank, my 7th grade English teacher and ruler of classroom 110. My class simultaneously groaned at the prospect of work. I simply lifted my head with intrigue as it was already May and about time we had our first essay. He then proceeded to give examples of topics we could choose and gave us some time to think before we had to tell him our topic. My classmates were already rushing to tell the teacher their idea lest someone else steal it. That meant the usual abortion, death penalty, or drug use topics were out. I really couldn't think of anything and the teacher was slowly making his way through the remaining students like an executioner beheading criminals in a line. I have always thought that he would make a marvelous supervillain if he had a curly mustache, a tophat, and a cape. Eventually my name was called. I slowly dragged myself over to his desk. Even sitting down, he still seemed to tower over me. “What is your topic Cindy?” As usual in such desperate times, my mind turned to food. “Waffles are better than pancakes.” I figured that a waffle was just a differently shaped pancake with a nicer texture. “Hmm. Excellent topic. I look forward to your essay!” I survived to live yet another day.
of other planets such as Saturn or Mars are a great way of studying other planets surfaces
The Probe will fly to within 5.95 million kilometers of the sun’s surface which will be
Space exploration is human 's’ activity to detect the space outside the Earth through astronomical telescopes, satellites, space shuttles, etc. Generally, the subjects of space exploration could include any celestial bodies which exist in the cosmos. For benefits to human beings, scientists usually give those celestial bodies priorities of being explored which have abundant resources accessible for people to use or have the similar ecological environment as the Earth so that we can immigrate to those planets in the future. An integral and comprehensive exploration plan for a certain planet contains at least 3 steps: First, observe it through astronomical telescopes and gain the basic data of the planet; Second, figure out all the planet’s properties and information as much as we can utilizing the parameters and graphics we collected and then make plans for further exploration; Third, launch satellites and detectors to the orbit of the planet. If possible, try to launch detectors to enter into its atmosphere and land on the surface of ground.