Spaceport Essays

  • Planet Daiban, Capital Planet of the Galactic Federation

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    Samus Aran sits in an almost empty room in an office building on the planet Anadyr V. A glowlamp provides the only light in the room, a small aurora near the northwest side of the room. She stares into a HoloVision, watching the recent news. A Galactic Federation cruiser, Nova Lord, has gone missing in the Tetra Galaxy, near the outskirts of the planet Arcterra in the Alimbic Cluster. The last known contact was three days ago, with Federation Commando Ron Wyatt issuing a distress signal, indicating

  • Lost in Space

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    and hotter, we weren’t completely numb and realized something bad was happening, we decided that day to head to the local spaceport and see if we could purchase a ticket to one of the near planets but on arrival to the spaceport it was closed and no one was in sight, although the towns were completely normal. We knew we had to get out of this planet so we got into the spaceport to find an old ship that was manageable and we decided to just go, we had no one on this planet we knew as we were only here

  • Princess Leia In Star Wars IV: A New Hope

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    External influences may guide an individual toward their destiny, but only the person themselves can attain their full potential once they believe in their own ability to succeed. As renowned author and doctor Charles F. Glassman once said, “When you trust your inner guidance and begin moving in the direction of your dreams (aligned with your individual gifts) you will be cloaked in an armour bestowed upon you by your guardian angel.” (Goodreads). This can be seen in George Lucas’ Star Wars IV: A

  • Star Wars Genre Crisis

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    “Star Wars Genre Crisis” Sci-Fi and Fantasy are works of fictions that are now known today as a form of entertainment, but from time to time people will confuse the two and interlink them together. A good example would be the film “Star Wars” as its equally debatable on whether it’s Sci-Fi or Fantasy. Star Wars originally was a series of films, however, there were novels that released before the film was aired. These novels were nothing more than the actual script of the Star Wars movies that were

  • Archetypes In A New Hope

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    Since there is nothing left for him on Tatooine, he agrees to leave with Obi-Wan. The two go to the Mos Eisley spaceport in search of finding a ride to Alderaan, so they can deliver the plans to the the Rebels. The pair meet and then hire Han Solo and Chewbacca to fly them to Alderaan on Han’s spaceship, the Millennium Falcon. As Luke is boarding the Millenium Falcon

  • Star Wars IV: A New Hope

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    1 Identification of the hero/ordinary world (2) The hero in Star Wars IV: A New hope is Luke Skywalker, who is the son of Anakin Skywalker. Luke begins his adventure in the ordinary world of moisture farming on the desert planet, Tatooine - which is normal for him. We understand that Luke is still an immature boy when he begins to complain about power converters in the farm. But as we begin to know more about his character, we also learn that he desires a life of adventure and not the safe, monotonous

  • Space Research Outline

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    Future Expeditions to be deployed are Expeditions 40 and 41, which will be launched to the ISS. More to come will be the, Orbital 2 Commercial Resupply Mission to the ISS. The Orbital 2 is expected to be launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops flight facility, where it will deliver our space stations needs of cargo and crew supplies. As I conclude my speech, I have now informed you about the ISS and its functions and continued scientific researches. The continued advancement

  • Summary of 2001 A Space Odyssey and Personal Response

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    second setting is the Inter-planetary ship Discovery, when it is on its way to one of Jupiter's moons. The last setting is actually a lot mini settings because TMA-2 becomes a star gate, which leads to a variety of wondrous places, like an abandoned spaceport and an inhabited sun. The main character in the book 2001: A Space Odyssey is David Bowman, captain of the ship Discovery is in his mid twenties has girlfriend on earth. While on board the Discovery Bowman interacts with his ship mate, Coleman

  • Star Wars

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    Today is Star Wars Day, an unoffical holiday that celebrates the Star Wars franchise. With the announcement of a new Star Wars cast and a release date, it seems that everyone is looking forward to the future of the series and re-looking at the past Space opera. With the new information about the upcoming Star Wars film, Disney attraction and things and the numerous stories of the expanded universe, it is hard not to get interested in this imaginative series. So on May 4th, watch the film or the animated

  • A Rhetorical Analysis of Michael Lind's "Human Spaceflight Should End" by Wyatt Cheney

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    Michael Lind is an author, a columnist for Salon.com, and a policy director at the New America Foundation. In the article “Human Spaceflight Should End,” he favors unmanned spaceflights, arguing that robot space probes have been so successful in space exploration, that human lives should not be risked (Lind, Michael). In my opinion, robot space probes are better suited for space exploration because they do not require oxygen and if the probes get destroyed, there is no emotional attachment. With

  • Star Wars

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    thinks that some Tusken Raiders did this, but Obi-Wan points out that Imperial Storm Troopers have attacked the Jawas. Luke then finds out that his uncle and aunt are dead. He then decides to train to be a Jedi Knight. They head to a Mos Eisley, a spaceport to search for a pilot to get them to the planet Alderaan. Obi-Wan and Luke meet up with a smuggler named Han Solo and his co-pilot, Chewbacca the Wookie also known as Chewie. They make a deal for Han to take the two humans and the two droids to Alderaan

  • Pros And Cons Of Space Travel Privatization

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    SPACE TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE PRIVATIZED Stargaze in the night and look into the sky to explore what is out there. Imagine all the possibilities that are out there for mankind and exploration. Recently, private companies are trying to make a market out of space. Space traveling should not be privatized, because more money is being taken from U.S. citizens. Not having space travel privatization is important because it can have many effects that deal with taking away many opportunities. Space travel privatization

  • An Analysis Of Elon Musk

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    “Musk found in Silicon Valley a wealth of the opportunity he’d been seeking and a place equal to his ambitions.” Opportunity has a direct connection to success, but without determination opportunity means nothing. Determination is the first factor evaluated when determining someone's potential success. Elon Musk’s determination has the ability to literally will something into existence. From an early age Elon learned that determination is the greatest thing a man can possess, An abusive parent drilled

  • First Mars Informative Speech

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    Informative Presentation 2 Outline India’s First Mars Mission: Mangalyaan. Name: Unmesha Kale COMM 114 SECTION 749. • General Purpose: My general purpose is to inform. • Specific Purpose: My specific purpose is to inform my audience about India’s first Mars Orbiter. • Introduction: A. Attention Getter: A few days after the Indian Scientists sent the Indian Mars orbiter (MOM) called Mangalyaan, NASA launched its satellite Maven. Maven costs $671 million. The most surprising difference is that

  • Women on the Edge of Time

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    Women on the Edge of Time "Women on the Edge of Time" by Marge Piercy, is a novel that illustrates some problems of today’s society and compares them to a possible future time. The other world that is presented in the book is called Mattapoisett. Mattapoisett is described as an utopian science fiction place because is much different from the place that Connie lived. Even thought Mattapoisett might be the world that Connie’s culture needed it is not a perfect world. Some of the problems that Marge

  • Virgin Galactic: Company Overview

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    Introduction This report will investigate Virgin Galactic and how they achieve high customer satisfaction and competitive advantage whilst looking at their service operations management and investigate how these all function and how they affect customer satisfaction and their competitive advantage. Virgin Galactic is an organisation, which is part of the Virgin companies; it is one of the latest projects that Richard Branson has undertaken. ‘It was founded by Richard Branson in 2004... that releases

  • Descriptive Writing Homeless

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    "It's raining again...Great" I mumbled, pulling my hoodie tighter around me. I set out walking as far from the orphanage for the day as my feet would carry me. Another day of dealing with the pains in my stomach and the pain in my head, from lack of sleep maybe...but the loud crying coming from the other children was also to blame. I knew they were crying for the same reason I would be leaving in a few days, the hunger and beatings had gotten far worse at the orphanage, when the funding had started

  • Ss mars mission

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    In Terl’s lair “Losing the child was unfortunate, but I trust you took some blood before,” said Lord Rothschild, standing upto his full height and with a walking stick. He had a rebreather mask on and looked quite sinister with that large top hat. But he was still puny compared to Terl at ten feet tall. Terl had to restrain his claws not to crush the Lord in one swipe of his paw. But the Lord held his bank account, his gold, and had offered something no one else could. Immortality. Terl certainly