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The Movie Interstellar

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The movie Interstellar tells the story of a space exploration made by a crew of astronauts, led by Cooper in search for a new habitable planet. It all started when resources became scarce, leading to starvation. The problem was exacerbated when oxygen started to become scarce also. Thus, as time passes by would suffocate oxygen-dependent species such as human beings inhabiting the Earth. The NASA proposed space exploration to search for a new habitable planet and if successful would either bring the people to that new planet or build a colony of human beings there with the use of artificial wombs, if the former would be impossible to do. The space exploration was, at the end of the movie, became successful. Human beings found another planet named Cooper Planet which is rich in food resources as well as oxygen.
This film is very scientific which is manifested in the usage of terms and concepts. The words used such as Gargantua, Murphy’s law, Morse Code, …show more content…

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