The Epic Tale Of Space In Star Wars And Star Trek

Battlestar Galactica an epic space opera about the last remnants of humanity, the few survivors of nuclear attack banded together in fleet of spaceships, on an intergalactic journey to find there mythic homeland of Earth. Though there are other versions of this television show this paper refers to the 2003 reimagining by showrunner Ronald D Moore. On the surface Battlestar Galactica might not look like it has a lot in common with The Torah, the story of the Jewish people who after an exile from their homeland ended up founding Israel, but when looked at closely these two stories share many commonalities. The book of Exodus, found in The Torah as well as the old testament of the Bible, tells the story of the enslaved Jewish people who are lead, by Moses, out of Egypt and after a long and harrowing journey arrive at a divinely promised homeland. In the following books of Numbers and Deuteronomy we learn that Moses is forbidden from entering the Promised Land after disobeying God. Battlestar Galactica also features a people who have lost their home, the Colonist, who end up living under an oppressive regime on New Caprica. Their leader, President Roslin, is prophesized about in a holy text to have been predestined to lead the Colonist to their new home. Both the narrative in The Torah and in Battlestar Galactica share many similar beats; they feature a long suffering people, made up of twelve tribes, searching for a promised homeland,

I have never viewed Astronomy in this perspective before, but found it both interesting and challenging to think

Space exploration needs to start happening again because the US is starting to fall behind other countries such as Russia and India. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “The Soviets sent the first multi-person crew and the first international crew into orbit. They made the first spacewalk, launched the first space station, and were the first to put a manned space station into long-term orbit” (Tyson 122). The Soviets beat the US to everything other than the moon. The Space Race was a competition between mainly the US and Russia. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “the USSR held that high ground until 1969, when, courtesy of von Braun and colleagues,

each other. Both have strong followings of loyal fans that live and breath these classic

The space race was the event the began the interest in space exploration. It all started in 1957 during the Cold War, when there was tension between America and the Soviet Union. There was also new technology from the war. According to Murray (Date unknown) “Many people believed the nation that controlled the skies could win any war.”(para. 5). So when the Soviet Union decided to launch the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit America was not happy.

Star Wars and Star Trek, two universes set in space. One is set in our galaxy and those closes by, the other in a galaxy far far away. They use different types of weapons and ammunition. One universe uses ships with several crew members, while the other uses one-man ships as well as ships with multiple crew members. The number of races and planets between the two universes is vastly different. Also, one is more popular than the other. Both of these universes are similar in concept, but Star Wars has better weapons, races, and more creativity in general.

Star Wars versus Star Trek. Marvel versus DC. Gandalf versus Dumbledore. Batman versus Superman. Almost everyone that could be asked could pick a side on these topics and their even smaller debated parts: Jedi versus Sith, Captain Kirk versus Captain Piccard, etc. Superhero movies are almost always a hit every year for the summer box office. Except superheroes were not always everyone 's favorite, nor socially accepted in America. This was originally subject matter that stayed within the confines of a certain social class, the nerds and geeks. Nerd culture rose within mainstream culture and media through a staunch refusal to be put to the side and belittled when it did hit big. It has stayed largely and long enough so that most people will tell you that superheroes and space pilots and "all culture is nerd culture now." (Rosenberg, Alyssa)

Many individuals find astronomy interesting, making it easy to get swept away in its wonders. There is much more to astronomy than counting stars, as one can see as they admire the beauty of the pictures in a textbook or looking up at the night sky. By reading this literature,

The poems “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” and “He ate and drank the precious words” by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson exemplify the struggle between book learning and learning through experience. Whitman describes his experience at an astronomy convention where a learned astronomer teaches him using “proofs, figures, ranged in columns before [him];...the charts and the diagrams;” (lines 2-3) however, the evidence bored him and Whitman felt he would be just as well off in “the mystical moist night-air, [looking] up in perfect silence at the stars” than learning the math and science of the stars (lines 8-9). This kind of care free attitude is romantic but not practical for an advanced civilization that relies on science and engineering for its new discoveries. If NASA applied Whitman’s transcendental attitude to their research,

The craving of knowledge is something that has shaped the human race to what it is today. As humans, it's a necessity to have something to kindle a person’s flame of curiosity. Since the beginning of time, the world has always gazed up into the sky on a starry night and asked “what there is out there; what made this stunning view?”, “How immense is this vast expansion of space?”. These inquiries could be answered now that humans are capable of space exploration with the mechanization NASA and other space agencies have now, and will possibly take advantage of in upcoming years. The use of the stars has been very beneficial to humans, whether it’s navigation, religion, or something to spark the imaginations of many. The technology that astronauts

was always fascinated by the vastness of outer space and spend a lot of time

“Nature,” as Galileo probably once said, “is written in mathematical language.” Of course, not many people immediately think of calculus when standing beneath a starry sky -- odds are, they’re too enchanted by the beauty of those distant lights, in awe as the stars silently dance above them. I will admit that I, too, often find myself dazzled by the almost protective way the stars hang above me, proudly shining even when surrounded by a blanket of darkness. In all truth, I have always longed to be a star, illuminating the world around me and following a decided path without fear.

Our never-ending thirst for knowledge has set our journey even further into space. The known universe consists of billions of stars and a lot of them have, most likely planets orbiting around them.

When I first saw Saturn through the astronomical telescope at the Science Museum, I knew astronomy opened a new world for me, a world where myriad spectacular phenomena exist in our wonderful nature without us even noticing. That was the time astronomy left an indelible mark in my mind.

The dramatic war-like classic of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it is Star Wars. It made a huge impact in the 70s for its THX digitally mastered sound, new visual effects, but most of all the marvelous theme, without which, Star Wars would not be half the film it is now. It took the science fiction genre to a whole new era. Therefore, Star Wars IV is the best science fiction movies of all times.