Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography Drake, Nadia. “Why We Explore Mars-and What Decades of Missions Have Revealed.” Science, www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mars-exploration-article. Accessed 1 Mar. 2024. The. By the 2030s, NASA sought to land the first human on Mars. Around 3.5 billion years ago, Mars was suspected to be as suitable a place to live as Earth. Mars is said to be an opportunity to learn more about farming. Today, the planet still has the possibility of fostering ecosystems. Earth’s continental surface area is equal to Mars’s land area. However, some problems on the planet include an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and methane gas, toxic compounds in the soil, and polar caps. This source is from a valid newspaper …show more content…
2024, www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/we-will-never-live-on-mars-or-anywhere-else-besides-earth/46510576. This source suggests that Mars colonization is impossible due to microgravity, astronauts lose bone mass 12 times faster than a post-menopausal woman (it is easy for the mass to get to zero in zero gravity), the heart gets weakened and rounder in that environment, and fluids (blood, lymphatic system) flow upwards to the upper parts of the body. Humans' entire vascular system is made to fight gravity and pump upwards, which it continues to do even when gravity is gone, causing risk of thrombosis, and disturbance of the inner ear—problems with weightlessness, radiation, and human psychology. Thus, by this resource, Mars is not a habitable planet (unless a large bubble that could perform several functions like creating an atmosphere with the correct oxygenation level, maintaining the right pressure for human bodies, protecting against radiation, and providing for daily needs is built). “Why Go to Mars?” ESA, ESA, www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Why_go_to_Mars. Accessed 1 Mar. 2024.
Tracy K. Smith’s “Life on Mars” is a collection of poetry dealing mainly in the search for a sense of purpose and the nature of people. The books is something of an elegy as a whole with many poems pertaining to death and the author’s struggle with the loss of her father. The poems are at once poignant and gentle in tone and leave questions than can only be answered in multiple readings. The book is segmented in four parts that travel through different topics and types of poetry. The mood ranges from passionate accounts of Orwellian politics to soft recollections of a lovers embrace; throughout the book Smith brings in references to pop culture, science, and technology that incorporate seamlessly with her words.
I definitely thought it was quite bizarre, and in the beginning I wasn’t too sure if I agreed with their theories of how the town came to be. Particularly that they are able to hide the secret city on Mars for so long and go in secret on a rocket to outer space seemed so far fetched for me to believe.
Pratt, Katherine. "A Constructive Critique Of Public Health Arguments For Antiobesity Soda Taxes And Food Taxes." Tulane Law Review 87.1 (2012): 73-140. Academic Search Complete. Web. 24 Mar. 2014.
Starting with Mars being too dangerous. Colonists could be exposed to radiation which can result in cancer, brain damage, tumors, sickness, or death. Secondly, Mars has a lower gravity than Earth which means over time colonists would lose bone mass, have a weaker immune system, and have a weaker heart and body. Lastly, colonists would be in a closed environment for a long periods of time which could lead to mental problems according to NASA and Mars One.
Mars’ gravity is about 38 percent of Earth’s gravity, so too much gravitational pull wouldn’t be a problem, (Mars One, 2017). Cosmonauts experience no extremely negative impacts in zero gravity,(Mars One, 2017). A cosmonaut named Sergi Avdev even spent 438 days in zero gravity and was fine afterwards. SpaceX and NASA are doing tests as we speak to see if people really can inhabit Mars. So far, the tests have resulted in being successful and colonization is able to happen.
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Thesis Statement: The 1929 stock market crash and the resulting Great Depression created significant anxieties in people all across America and in the post Civil War South; it magnified the issues of racism and injustice.
My research essay will be investigating metaphors for detection in The Name of the Rose using a New Critical Approach. Specifically, I will be focusing on the Library in the Abbey and its labyrinth like qualities as a metaphor for the process of detection William of Baskerville uses throughout the novel. I expect that my thesis will involve exploring the process of detection that William uses and the outcome of his investigation in relation to his process and how they are metaphorically related to the Library-labyrinth of the Abbey. Through my research I have found information about a couple different types of mazes and how the process of detection in the novel is parallel to or contrasts with each of them. I have also generally researched labyrinths and the concept of paths and routes leading to a common goal to can develop my argument further because there were not a lot of sources I could find that were specifically about the Library-labyrinth as a metaphor for detection. At my current stage of research, I still need to finish reading the novel so when I am writing my research paper I will have a better idea of the process of detection that William of Baskerville uses throughout the novel. I will then be able to draw specific examples from the novel to support my thesis about the parallels between the Library-labyrinth and William’s process of detection and the final outcome of the mystery. Also, since I could not find many sources specifically about my topic, I am going to research the two elements of my argument separately to further and support the sources I did find specifically on my topic. In order to find all these resources I have used MLA International Bibliography and Academic Search Complete for online journal articl...
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Since 1976, when the Viking Landers took off toward the red planet, people have been wondering if there is life on Mars. There have been questions of pictures taken from Mars and skepticism about why some of the recent landings have failed. Scientists, up till now, have been doubtful about life on Mars.
PMID 12855805. Thomas, Claire (January 14, 2009) "Methane Emissions?" Don't Blame Plants", Science Magazine Oze, C.; Sharma, M. (2005). "Have olivine, will gas: Serpentinization and the abiogenic production of methane on Mars". Geophysical Research Letters 32 (10): 1023-1003.
Venus and Mars' atmospheres have both been found to have traces of nitrogen. Though the nitrogen in each of the atmospheres varies from 2.7% to 3.5% the substance is nonetheless present. The theories of how nitrogen enters the atmosphere differ for the two planets. The generation of nitrogen on Mars is believed to be caused by outgassing from the planets local volcanoes. While the generation of nitrogen on Venus is believed to be from the lack of a magnetic field around the planet’s atmosphere.
Humans can expect to face some major challenges on an expedition to Mars. It has been proven that humanity can travel in space for over two years. Cumulatively, Sergei Constantinovich Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut, has spent over eight-hundred and three days in Earth orbit (Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2005). The expedition to Mars would require the crew to endure a six month journey to the planet, a year of living on the planet, and a six months journey back to Earth. Russian cosmonaut, Valery V. Polyakoz, clocking in at four-hundred and thirty-eight days for just one stay in Earth orbit, shows humanity is capable of a twelve month round trip to Mars (Schwirtz, 2009). Earth's orbit has provided some benefits to space exploration, like the magnetic field from cosmic radiation, and the proximity to Earth if an emergency were to arise (Jones, 2009). The further humans travel away from Earth the greater the risks become. The major risks to human health on a flight to Mars, living on Mars, and returning to Earth are: radiation exposure, biological problems induced by weightlessness, spacecraft malfunctions, and psychological problems brought on by isolation.
... The problem with the gravity of Mars is that weightlessness can make you sick. Meaning that because humans are so adapted to the conditions here on Earth, such a drastic change will make them sick. Adaptation will have to occur, meaning that the stations on Mars might have to somehow mimic the conditions of Earth. Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars http://www.universetoday.com/9497/magnesium-could-be-a-source-of-fuel-on-mars/. http://www.mars-one.com/faq/health-and-ethics/will-the-astronauts-have-enough-water-food-and-oxygen.