Life on Mars Essays

  • Life On Mars Analysis

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    Deep into The Reality of Life Is there a life beyond earth? What is the mystery in space? Where do dead people go? If God exists what is the nature of God? The author of Life on Mars, Tracy K. Smith deals with these confusing and puzzling relationships of human existence with the universe. She has tried to explain this idea very well in two of her poems in the collection of Life on Mars: “The Weather in Space” and “The Speed of Belief”. In these poems, the use of “space” as a metaphor along with

  • Life On Mars Poem Analysis

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    Deep into The Reality of Life Is there a life beyond earth? What is the mystery in space? Where do dead people go? If God exists what is the nature of God? The author of Life on Mars, Tracy K. Smith deals with these confusing and puzzling relationships of human existence with the universe. She has tried to explain this idea very well in two of her poems in the collection of Life on Mars: “The Weather in Space” and “The Speed of Belief”. In these poems, the use of “space” as a metaphor along with

  • Catherine A. Conley's Life On Mars

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    agreement made in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which says that nations must take care to avoid contaminating the planets they explore. The planet that NASA is concerned mostly is Mars. This is due to the fact that the Mars rovers contain microbes from Earth, which may potentially be harmful to whatever life may be on Mars. Most of these microbes feed on rock, like lichen, which “. . . basically eat rock and they breathe sunlight.” That being said, the rovers are not allowed to enter what are known

  • Life On Mars Poem Summary

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    What is the life out of earth? What is the mystery in Space? Where do the dead people go? If God exists what is the nature of God? The author of Life On Mars, Tracy K. Smith celebrates this confusing and puzzled relationship of human existence with the universe. The Weather In Space and The Speed of Belief, the use of “space” as a metaphor by Tracy K. Smith to explore important questions of life about what the nature of God is, what is life all about and where do the dead people go after they die

  • How Does Tracy K. Smith Create An Elegy In Life On Mars

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    America’s present-day Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, has taken the nation by storm with her Pulitzer Prize winning book Life on Mars. The collections of poems revolve around a vast range of subjects regarding space exploration and her personal life. In the book, the poem “The Speed of Belief” is an elegy to her father whom worked on the Hubble telescope in the 70s. The poem is broken up over seven pages, each with its own structure that signifies a stage of grief. Smith’s elegy details how she personally

  • Argumentative Essay On Trappist-1 And Life On Mars

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    following research paper discusses the search for life in the universe, focusing on Trappist-1 and life on Mars. The topics include three habitable worlds found around an ultracool dwarf star, Trappist-1 comparison to the solar system, the discoveries of exoplanets, complex life, what do we know about the universe, alien life on the universe, possible life existence on Mars, and how SpaceX can help accomplish the journey of humans landing on Mars. With humanity evolving and humans becoming smarter

  • Follow The Water: Is It Possible For Human Life On Mars

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    Life on Mars Is it possible for humans to live on Mars? There are many things that scientists have to look at before a planet is suitable for human life. Jennifer L. Holm used scientific facts to write “Follow the Water” although it was a fictional store she did have some facts such as it is not healthy for a human to live on Mars because there is deadly radiation, very little water and there is limited amount of food, low gravity and rough weather. One of the ways that Mars is unfit for human

  • An Essay About Life On Mars

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    time and effort on Mars exploration, Everyone wishes to be known as the one who heard the call of the unknown, and made an effort to go to mars. We have already landed many rovers on Mars, and have plans to eventually land humans on Mars.     Ever since our first flyby back in 1965,  scientists have never lost interest in the red planet, sending everything from satellites to full-sized rovers have had a shot at making the layout of the red planet known. The first rover sent to Mars was the Sojourner

  • Journey To Mars In Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

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    The Martian Chronicles, written by Ray Bradbury, is about man's journey to Mars in 26 loosely connected stories. Each story tells a different perspective of the new frontier and Bradbury's view of humans. The book begins with Earth facing war and man sending rockets to Mars in search of a new life.The first story was the “Locusts”.The locusts were in February 2002.The Locusts is about the rockets that came like drums and beating in the night.The rocket set the bony meadows afire,and was touring rock

  • Analyzing Ray Bradbury's 'The Martian Chronicles'

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    They stopped where we should’ve stopped a hundred years ago”(Bradbury 87). In this quote, Spender, a crewmember on a Mars exhibition, explains how good the Martian society was, saying the humans should look up to them. In previous chapters, Bradbury takes the reader through multiple Martian societies, each proving to be more advanced than the earth men’s. In one, the

  • Tracy K. Smith's Life In Mars

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    In life many people come across the question if God exist. Life in Mars’ author Tracy K. Smith may have asked the same question in her book. Her collection of poems makes references to this question. God is the one creator of everything that we have in this world today, yet, God has only showed and told us what he wants us to know about him. God is ever living within us all. God is life, creation, love but is not a human being. The Bible implies that God is love and John 4:8 when it states, “Whoever

  • Physics Of Mars: The Red Planet Earth

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    Mars has a very rough surface, like mountains, large rocks, and canyons. You may think that since Mars’ soil is bright red, that the temperature would be boiling hot. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun, and approximately 142 million miles away. Mars is a sixth of the size of Earth, and has one third of the gravity. So anything on the planet seems much lighter. Mars also has a much thinner atmosphere. The planet being considered the “Red Planet”, gets the color from the massive amounts of iron

  • A Trip To Mars: The Journey To America

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    The Journey to Mars An Achievement Why should we, America, go to Mars? We should go to Mars, because the trip could be a huge achievement for America. Imagine what all could happen on Mars if we were able to take a trip there. We would be able to discover the climate, and the environment on Mars. Depending on the conditions of Mars, we could possibly adapt to the changes of the climate. Also, the trip to Mars would create developments in major areas we have (Mars One). The trip to Mars would also help

  • Pros And Cons Of National Aeronautics And Space Exploration

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    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is planning to shoot beyond the stars with their upcoming goal to inhabit the red planet, Mars. At NASA, they’re eager to explore what lies ahead of us not only to find the unknown, but to benefit humanity as a whole and to confirm that we aren’t alone in this universe. Despite NASA’s intentions, not everyone is ecstatic as NASA was when they officially announced their project. Many concerns were raised as they described their mission and what they

  • Argumentative Essay On Mars

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    Mars has potential in becoming another habitable planet humans could thrive on.Unfortunately, it would take a lot of hard work, and scientific theories to make it a reality. Scientists have theorized a variety of different ways to make Mars habitable thankfully. One theory is to put micro organisms onto the surface. These organisms would be able to take in Nitrogen from the air and create oxygen. But before this takes place, a suitable shield needs to be built to protect Mars from the solar wind

  • The Pros And Cons Of Mars Colonization

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    Mars Colonization “If humanity is to continue for another million years, our future lies in boldly going where no one else has gone before”. These are the words of Stephen Hawking who is a very well-known British physicist who made significant contributions in the field of cosmology, quantum gravity and many more. We have been hearing people talking about colonizing Mars for a pretty long time now. The concept of saying good-bye to Earth is very real and it is important for us to know more about

  • Water On Mars Research Paper

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    Astronomy 170B1 October 25, 2015 Water on Mars I remember sitting in class back in sixth grade science studying the phases of the moon and my teacher going on and on about how much he loves space and hopes to visit Mars one day. As a society who is constantly trying to figure out new things and discover new places the idea of water on mars can only begin to excite us and lead us to create and develop new ideas and ways to test our ways of discovery. Water on mars has always been a fascinating topic to

  • Argumentative Essay: The Mars One Mission

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    mission to colonize Mars, known as the Mars One mission. What can anyone possibly reply other than this if one is acquainted with such a controversial project? It is indeed thrilling, or perhaps alarming, that there are genuine intentions and even concrete plans to send people to the red planet. The good old curiosity might have prompted mankind, but with the level of technology, the amount of funding, and the degree of knowledge and experience these Earthlings, who are operating the Mars One mission, currently

  • Pros And Cons Of Colonizing Mars

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    Do you think that we humans should leave the earth and Colonize mars? Well, I think that Humans should colonize mars because the earth is too populated and it’s being destroyed by lots of things like pollution and global warming. By colonizing mars humans would get a fresh new start so we won’t have to colonize another planet in the future. Some reasons why we should colonize mars is to discover new forms of life, safety planet in case we destroy our planet (earth), and we can push the limits of

  • Mars One: Risks Or Challenges

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    planet! Mars One is a company that is sending people to Mars in the year 2026. Sending people to Mars is insane and dangerous. It cost billions of dollars and you don’t know what space is capable of. Mars is a different environment than Earth. You will die without a spacesuit because Mars has no oxygen. There is no food and very little water, so if you decide to go to Mars, you will be starving and you will be thirsty. This comment is straight out of the “Risks or Challenges” page on the Mars One website