Physical Science

NASA’s Lunar Quest Program includes the testing of equipment designed for a new mission to the moon. They are working on several new missions to the Moon. It all started on December 21, 1968 when Apollo 8 was the first…
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Since the dawn of science, there have been a wide variety of naturalistic theories proposed to explain how the universe began. These stand in addition to earlier creationist, religious, and mythological accounts of the origins of the universe and of…
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I. IntroductionIn recent years, human interest in the space beyond our solar system has increased drastically due to endeavors such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Observatory, and the launch of the Cassini probe. Much of that interest…
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Most critics of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) suggest merely that it is a well-intentioned but foolish waste of money, chasing after radio signals sent by “little green men” while substantive research projects with tangible results go unfunded. However,…
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What is darwinism? Perhaps, the best place to start is with the man. Charles Robert Darwin, was born 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; and died 19 April 1882, his mortal remains interred at Westminster Abbey. Darwin has been…
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Any exploration of unknown territory presents many risks to life and limb of the men and women who bravely take on the challenge. One only has to look through the history of any country during times of venturing out of…
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Spacecraft are the most complex transportation systems ever built by humans – and the International Space Station, the most successful semi-permanent abode in space yet, is also the most expensive structure ever built. For such technically complex devices, then, obviously…
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Since time immemorial, humankind has debated the possibility that life could exist outside of our own planet. As our knowledge has improved through technological developments so has curiosity deepened about the cosmos. Extraterrestrial literally means life not originating on Earth. Keeping an open…
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Best known as author of the 1859 scientific text “On the Origin of Species (by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life)”, Charles Darwin has become a controversial fixture in discussion and…
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For NASA and its constituents-people looking forward to the spacefaring nations of the world-the Challenger disaster was a chaotic moment of shock. The mishap set the space program back by at least a decade, and it showed those over a…
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