The Science of the Red Planet
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We are back. We were missed so prepare for more news from the Red Planet!
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It all began when they were giving away Earth magazines at the Robert J. Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College. It made me think that no one has ever done a magazine specifically on Mars but I had no way to publish such a magazine. I told my stepmom about my idea and she suggested that I make a website. Thus, I decided to start this blog about Mars: The Science of the Red Planet. However, it seems that this website was not as successful as I wanted it to be. Now, the only thing stopping me from continuing this website is me. Lately, doing this website has been stressful for me, to the point where I dreaded reading science fiction, one of my favorite genres, and other space-related books, because I had to do a post on each such book I read. Nothing should be worth that. Also, I am going into graduate studies at Monmouth University, which means a lot of my work and time will be consumed. This means that this blog will be a project I simply won't have time for. My mom says I should do one project at a time and I think she is right. I was going to continue this blog until they finally put humans on Mars but it seems that that is not going to happen. Maybe someone will take my idea about a magazine on Mars and put it into practice. So this is Goodbye, unless someone genuinely liked and misses my blog. In which case, I urge you to comment about it and then, maybe, I will be back in business. Until then, keep dreaming of Mars.
The NASA scientist Paul R. Hill applied his knowledge of physics to the UFO phenomenon. The culmination of his work, Unconventional Flying Objects, was not published until 1995, 5 years after Paul's death. Paul's conclusion is that UFOs are interstellar civilizations visiting Earth and gives an explanation for how the UFOs themselves work. He even gives the dimensions of the objects like weight, speed, and density (density is NOT the same as weight). I loved this book. I just wish I could understand the math involved. Also, I am a true believer and have a fascination with UFOs. Whether or not you believe in UFOs, you will have to decide that for yourself.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a picture of a dune that looks like the Star Trek insignia on Mars. Like the "Face on Mars" taken by the Viking orbiter, this symbol is no more than a pattern that we humans form in our brains.
As mankind discovers faster-than-light travel and expands into the universe, Earth's grip on the colonies weakens. As battles and pirates threaten the galaxy, one woman, Carmen Ochoa, of the anarchic world of Mars (yes, the same Mars in our own solar system) may be the only hope for lasting peace among humanity's first interstellar empires. This book was fascinating and interesting. I have read Jack Campbell's work before, I even own a copy of one of the novels in his The Lost Stars series, but I had no idea how successful his books were until now.
In an attempt to mix Korean mythology with science fiction, Dragon Pearl tells the story of a young fox spirit named Min who wants more than anything than to leave her desert world of Jinju (sounds a bit like Mars, no?) and to explore the Thousand Worlds. Jinju should have been terraformed years ago by the Dragon Pearl, a magical sphere that can create life itself but now, the mysterious orb has disappeared. As for Min, she jumps ship with Captain Hye to battle interstellar pirates and ghosts to make it to the haunted, abandoned world of the Fourth Colony. I don't know what to say about this book. It drags on until it is punctuated by magical, sci-fi action. I did not really like this book. I usually like books sponsored by Rick Riordan (one of my favorite authors) but this book was a disappointment.
With the nation recovering from World War II and the fear of nuclear weapons falling into enemy hands, the last thing America needs is alien intervention. Yet, in 1947, a strange aircraft crashed near Roswell with one weird survivor. Now, the government must cover-up the event and sponsor an autopsy on the survivor, without contaminating it with Earth bacteria. There is speculation as to where the visitors came from. They recall talk of signals from Mars but we now know that Mars can not support life. They could not have come from Jupiter or beyond in our solar system. Those planets are too big and gaseous. That leaves the realization that the visitors have come from another star system. Now, the only question left is are they here on a mission of peace or scouting for an invasion? Also, the advanced technology of the spacecraft could prove useful to American technological development.
This month, the planet Jupiter will be so close to Earth, you will be able to see Jupiter's moons through a good pair of binoculars.
Bode's Law may have some flaws. Recent observation of the Trojan asteroids crossing Jupiter's orbit show that, early on in Jupiter's history, Jupiter went on an inward migration through the Solar System.
Bode's Law: the law that planets have relative distances from each other in the solar system due to their mutual gravity. Trojan asteroids: a group of asteroids crossing Jupiter's orbit (a fundamental flaw in the new definition of a planet, stating it must have a 'clear orbit"). |
Ryan Knipple
"In our time, we have sifted the sands of Mars, established a presence there, and fulfilled a century of dreams." Archives
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