Chapter Fourteen: Just imagine what it would be like to see the Earth from Space. Would you see rival nations or perhaps enormous cities? Probably not unless you have a very advanced optical device. Our technology developments have granted us immense power, but it will amount to nothing if we don't preserve our world. This resembles the famous quote "with power comes responsibility". We have the power, but not the responsibility. Our affect on the Earth is beginning to show. The ozone is depleting, ecosystems are being polluted and destroyed, and the global climate is changing. Robert Goddard, a space flight pioneer, introduced comparative planetology. You can look and compare other worlds to Earth and see how they are different. If another planet has to much of a specific element, you can see what the result would be. This is basically showing us what not to have happen on Earth. There are three main threats to the Earth: "ozone depletion, greenhouse warming, and nuclear winter".
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen
Chapter Thirteen: Chapter 13 talks about the moon. The first men to land on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, did so on July 20, 1969 in the famous Apollo 11 spacecraft. It was a historic and hard-won step for mankind. The moon has been there for us since the beginning of the Earth. It has held just as much mystery and fame as the planets in our solar system. The word month and Monday come from being named after the moon. But what was really the significance of the Moon to humans back then? It was used as a sort of metaphor for the unattainable. No one had even conceived a way to reach the moon, until the Apollo Space Program was developed. From this another question arises, was the space program really a scientific deal, or was it something else? President Kennedy was the one who helped to start the program, but initially not for science. He wanted to prove a point to the world, not to join the Soviet Union at the time. So that means it was more of a political program rather then for the good of science. To reach the moon, you would need large, powerful rockets. These rockets that were used could also serve as nuclear weapons. This was a demonstration of power by the United States.
Chapter Fourteen: Just imagine what it would be like to see the Earth from Space. Would you see rival nations or perhaps enormous cities? Probably not unless you have a very advanced optical device. Our technology developments have granted us immense power, but it will amount to nothing if we don't preserve our world. This resembles the famous quote "with power comes responsibility". We have the power, but not the responsibility. Our affect on the Earth is beginning to show. The ozone is depleting, ecosystems are being polluted and destroyed, and the global climate is changing. Robert Goddard, a space flight pioneer, introduced comparative planetology. You can look and compare other worlds to Earth and see how they are different. If another planet has to much of a specific element, you can see what the result would be. This is basically showing us what not to have happen on Earth. There are three main threats to the Earth: "ozone depletion, greenhouse warming, and nuclear winter".
Chapter Fourteen: Just imagine what it would be like to see the Earth from Space. Would you see rival nations or perhaps enormous cities? Probably not unless you have a very advanced optical device. Our technology developments have granted us immense power, but it will amount to nothing if we don't preserve our world. This resembles the famous quote "with power comes responsibility". We have the power, but not the responsibility. Our affect on the Earth is beginning to show. The ozone is depleting, ecosystems are being polluted and destroyed, and the global climate is changing. Robert Goddard, a space flight pioneer, introduced comparative planetology. You can look and compare other worlds to Earth and see how they are different. If another planet has to much of a specific element, you can see what the result would be. This is basically showing us what not to have happen on Earth. There are three main threats to the Earth: "ozone depletion, greenhouse warming, and nuclear winter".
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Woah, i never knew that about the words month and Monday. That's actually really interesting to me, it makes sense. My book is discussing the Cold War and how it was such a tedious time. Threats were evident, the possible danger even more so. I would have hated to live during that time period, with every moment the threat of nuclear war hanging in the air.
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