This classic novel, later turned film, defined an era of science fiction. The mission goes awry, and the astronauts have a lot to contend with, from HAL —the artificially intelligent computer—to the truth behind the society situated in the depths of our solar system. She has to leave behind her boyfriend, her best friends, and all her extended family so that she can be cryogenically frozen for the next years on the journey to the new world.
Yet, part of the way through the mission, someone tries to kill her, waking her from her sleep. Stuck in the middle of space hundreds of light years from any solid ground, in danger, and completely alone, her options are limited. Dune Far in the future, mankind has settled planets throughout the universe, each one under the caretaking of a noble family. Out of Orbit U.
Red Rising Humanity has been divided in a caste system, and the Reds are saddled with the responsibility of mining Mars in hopes of making the surface habitable.
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Star Wars Trilogy Luke Skywalker dreamed of adventures out among the stars and alien worlds. I have rarely heard anyone claim anything as stupid or psychotically delusional as the claim that the Sun does not illuminate anything. It's so far beyond reality that it really cannot be responded to as anything but a psychological aberration. This is bizarre stark psychotic ideation without any possible connection with reality. Can we please exclude the obviously mentally ill from this forum?
Otherwise it is completely useless. Instead of discussing science we are discussing the delusions of the insane, with no benefit to them. They merely feel abused, rather than getting help for their conditions. It will never cease to amaze me how all you smart people totally ignore the statements of those such as Armstrong, the ones who have actually been into space, not just LEO, and who say it is totally black out there.
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They weren't dark adapted, the Sun was in their eyes, they weren't out there to look at the stars or the Sun, or other such nonsense. The astronauts themselves made no such excuses, were trained observers with the best of eyesight, yet they are told they must be mistaken, of course they could see stars. No science can begin with an assumption. We can see the stars from Earth, they must be visible form space.
Same for the Sun.
The required experiments are very simple, take photos of the stars or the Sun, using the exact same equipment and exposure settings, one set from Earth and one set from outside of the atmosphere, such as cislunar space. They went into space and actually had a look. You can check out what Michael Collins said in his biography about circling the backside of the Moon in the Apollo 11 command module: I like the feeling.
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Outside my window I can see stars -- and that is all. Where I know the moon to be, there is simply a black void, the moon's presence is defined solely by the absence of stars. Looking away from the Moon, nothing is visible. Same story with Earth, except from LEO, when looking towards Earth, there is much more atmosphere to make the stars visible. From Lunar orbit, looking through the lunar atmosphere "The lunar atmosphere". Even during midcourse correction you know: Is There an Atmosphere on the Moon? The only time they saw stars in cislunar space was because of the Star Tracker.
Duke, in the transcripts, once said "You wanna see stars? Just did a waste dump.. The Star Tracker made the ice particles visible, likely seeingt Lyman Alpha emissions from the hydrogen atoms. The Early star trackers relied only on Lyman Alpha as it is one of the strongest emission lines out there.
Oh man, how do you survive in the real world? Of course the moon has an atmosphere https: Try decoding the raw data sometime. That wouldn't be visible to a human. You really don't understand any of the instruments involved do you? Looks like a mylar filter but can't find any info.
I'm hoping the series will show up on here soon. Just so we're clear here. If he can take a picture of the stars from the cupola and says he can see them then they ARE visible from the space station, I'm not arguing with him. Now what I want to see is a photo of the stars and him saying he can see them with the camera pointed AWAY from Earth.
He'd need to be EVA to do that though. Can the astronauts on the Space Station see the stars? There isn't any room for equivocation here. Either he's lying or he's not. Sorry, man, the dude is a real astronaut on the real ISS.
There is no place to run. There is no place to hide. I'm hoping the series will show up on here soon Mylar? What makes you think NASA uses mylar? My suspicion is that the reason the astronauts to the moon had to wear their spacesuits all the time was? The Lunar atmosphere consists of outgassing from all that green cheese it is made of,,, Yeah, that must be it. Go ahead, prove me wrong!
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Can you not understand that they can not see space from the Cupola, only earth and the band of atmosphere around it? When someone asks, "Can you see stars from the ISS? This is a complete waste of time, basically arguing with an insane person having psychotic delusions. What you need to do, Solon, is go get some psychiatric assistance and take the medicine they give you. Then the dark space monsters won't get you.
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he already knows, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him. So whats Tolstoy got to say about a slow-witted man that thinks he knows it all? Here's a quote you should've lived by: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
You've surely removed any semblance of that. Kron, it isn't about what people who haven't reviewed the data think. And it isn't about what people who pretend to have reviewed the data but rejected what their religious and political preferences prejudiced them against think either. It's about what people who have reviewed the data and can't bring themselves to reject what they do not want think.
No one sane wants anthropogenic global climate change. We only hope we're right and can change it. The real nightmare is non-anthropogenic climate change. Because we wouldn't be able to change that. Either way whatever we can do with renewable or nuclear energy is bonus. I'm an "all of the above" kinda guy. Maybe you have a really inaccurate view of who you think you oppose. Take a glass cupola. Once the sun is totally covered, you can look and "be amazed at one of Mother Nature's most spectacular sights," he writes.
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But turn away once the sun starts peeking out lest you be blinded, or use one of the safe viewing techniques he recommends to continue observing the spectacle. The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson" by husband-and-wife duo Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer tells the real-life story about a young boy who gazed at the stars one night and has never stopped looking up since.
Lushly illustrated by Frank Morrison in a painterly realistic style, "Starstruck" follows deGrasse Tyson as he works toward adulthood with an eye on unlocking the secrets of the universe, from his first trip to the Hayden Planetarium as a wide-eyed child to a summer astronomy camp in the Mojave Desert in his teens and, finally, back to the Hayden Planetarium, where he lands a job at age 35 and eventually becomes its director.
We wanted to try to capture his charisma in a book for children, to inspire them with a hero they should know about. Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has flown three space missions, commanded the International Space Station and traveled the world speaking about what it's like to fly in space.
But before that, he was a young child afraid of the dark while dreaming of exploring the moon. The story of his struggle with that fear is gorgeously illustrated by Terry and Eric Fan, known as the Fan Brothers, who tuck little, menacing aliens into the shadows young Chris's bedroom, and an about-the-author page at the end describes his path to becoming an astronaut for readers who might share that dream. For parents of young kids I am one such parent , Usborne's prizewinning "Look Inside Space" is a must-have to share the history and wild technology of space exploration with starry-eyed tots.
The book uses cute illustrations and more than 70 artfully arranged flaps to explore the history of human spaceflight and the basics of stars, planets and other astronomical objects. It is enjoyable to all space fans, but is especially good for pre-school and Kindergarten-age kids just starting out to explore space on their own.
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If you're like me, there's a special place in your heart for Pluto, be it a planet or a dwarf planet. Weitekamp and David DeVorkin take young readers on a guided tour of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh's historic sighting of Pluto in to the planet's reclassification to a dwarf planet in , with Kidd's entertaining illustrations leading the way. How did Pluto get its name? What exactly is a planet? This book has it covered. For the older set, a kicker photo spread on the people and telescopes, as well as a Pluto glossary, make this book an essential for budding astronomers but may be best for kids age 8 and up.
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This book, by Catherine Hughes and David Aguilar, is a great way to introduce young children to Earth, the solar system and beyond. It features gorgeous images — both photographs and illustrations — and explains tough concepts such as black holes in simple, easy-to-understand text. There are also some great tips at the back of the book about how to spark or further kids' interest in space science and exploration. Blast off on a space adventure with the most adorable space travelers in the cosmos: In "Mission Moon," the gang solves a global energy crisis by building a solar power plant on the moon.
Tori, the little girl from the moon and Mars books, is all grown up and leading the first manned mission to the king of the planets as its chief scientist. And little Max, who grew up listening to stories of his grandpa's galactic adventures, is going along for the ride. While he's a bigger scamp than his forebear was, his playful instincts ultimately stand the crew in good stead.
Max, just like in the original edition of the book, is a good boy.
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The "big kid boxes," sidebars that present behind-the-scenes concepts that the story introduces, have been revised to accommodate findings from NASA's Juno mission in But the book overall is set to give kids of any age an appreciation of science and exploration. Read more about "Max Goes to Jupiter" and get a sneak peek of its pages here. This astronaut's memoir tells a truly inspiring story of how one unsuspecting football player from a small town in rural Virginia wound up flying in the Space Shuttle Atlantis on missions to the International Space Station.