Essays Tagged: "Outer space"

Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing from outer space has been taking place since 1947, and despite continued development in the field, partic ... istance. When referring to remote sensing by satellite we are therefore discussing observation from outer space, although it is only observation of the earth by these satellites which has caused probl ... ta the international community through the United Nations and its Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) has taken a leading role aimed at establishing a set of legal principles that s ...

(7 pages) 79 1 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Michael Crichton's "Andromedia Strain" Report

book is about biophysicists that are conducting a special experiment. They are sending a probe into outer space and collecting organisms for study. After project "scoop" sends seventeen stalites into ... the satellite they found people lying dead on the street,but they had no idea that an organism from outer space latched on to the satellite before it fell to earth. While the government agents were lo ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Day the World Turned Black

to find out what happened.They start their adventure by taking off in a space shuttle destined for outer space. As they reach orbit they witness the most amazing thing that any of them have ever seen ...

(4 pages) 54 0 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Nuclear Legacy

at the waste and reuse it, but 'that would cost a fortune'.They thought of launching the waste into outer space but it too will cost a fortune.They tried to dump barrels filled with nuclear waste into ... ese three sites, I would propose a plan to launch nuclearwaste-filled lead capsules into an area in outer space with high levels of naturalradiation. Although it may cost a fortune, any price is worth ...

(4 pages) 67 1 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

Here Comes Everyone:The gathering of people on the internet.

ng devices -- search engines and links -- have made search-space on the Internet more exciting than outer space. It is more current and diverse than any encyclopedia, and it's inhabited with real peop ...

(2 pages) 64 1 3.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Space Exploration. Is space exploration worth it? How Mars can help people if it was terraformed.

Space ExplorationThe limitless region of outer space lies before us, awaiting discovery and exploration, but there is concern about the cost ...

(2 pages) 111 0 3.8 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Erich Von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods".

runaway best selling book, "Chariots of the Gods?". Von Daniken's sequels to this book, "Gods from Outer Space" and "The Gold of The Gods" appear to be of imitations. The popularity of such a sensati ... It was during this stay as a guest of the Swiss government that he wrote his second book, Gods from Outer Space, now also a best seller.Once a liar, however, does not infallibly prove him always a lia ...

(7 pages) 28 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Space: Man or Machine?

e the best results.Man and machine both need to be in space. There will always be a need for man in outer space. There are certain things that man can do in space that a machine cannot. Humans have th ... s to wonder and explore. This will never die down for there will always be something to be found in outer space.

(3 pages) 56 0 1.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

What is art?

e Mongolians out of China, this work of art is the only man made architecture that can be seen from outer space.There are many other forms of art as well. Music is a form of art that has changed the l ...

(2 pages) 72 0 2.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

UFOs this paper is a research paper about unexplained sightings, hoaxes, and the Roswell incodent. This paper is complete with parenthetical sitations and a work sited page.

,63). When people hear UFO today, words come to mind such as: alien, flying saucer, paranormal, and outer space. UFO sightings have been disputed for many years. Many of them go unexplained, others ar ...

(4 pages) 151 0 1.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Global Warming: What is Global Warming, Causes of Global Warming, Consequences of Global Climate Change.

of the outgoing infrared radiation from the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into outer space. This process occurs naturally and has kept the Earth's temperature about 59 degrees Fah ...

(6 pages) 665 4 4.9 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Antimatter

r originate? Though, as explained, it is a very real thing, it ironically comes from cosmic rays in outer space, the perfect setting for a science fiction story. It is difficult to understand where co ...

(3 pages) 59 1 4.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Sound: More Than What You Hear

alled a sound medium. Where no sound medium is present, there can be no sound. There is no sound in outer space because outer space contains no sound medium.This article discusses Sound (How some fami ...

(18 pages) 115 0 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Can the high costs of space exploration be justified? (A Speech)

at this will work. We are equally likely to find a solution to these problems on earth as we are in outer space. So why spend billions when we can do with millions?Ladies and gentlemen, we are not den ...

(3 pages) 54 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Satelite industry and international trade.

ilitary sources. Here keeping and showing power played the leading role in pushing the progress and outer space turned to be a new battlefield.Not so long ago, satellites were exotic, top-secret devic ... and November 3, 1957. It was a result of government reconnaissance program in defense, science and outer space so the leading position was held by Soviets. They made two overflights of the U.S which ...

(15 pages) 207 1 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Climate and Global Warming

This paper discusses the topic of global warming and its effects from the atmosphere and outer space righ tdown to planet earth and its effect on people today and the future. This paper was ...

(7 pages) 299 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

The Laser

Lasers are usually thought of as being futuristic: only used in science or as part of something in 'outer space', but lasers are everywhere nowadays. They are used to communicate, to determine how far ...

(1 pages) 35 0 2.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Interview with Arthur Dent (This is a play based on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams)

escaped with Ford Prefect's help and they ended up in the Vogon ship. They were then shot out into outer space and then rescued by the spaceship Heart of Gold which he is still traveling in today. He ... to live than to live in space. I was far safer on Earth than out here. But I live the adventures of outer space. There's so much to be learned about this universe that learning never stops. I like thi ...

(6 pages) 39 2 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Neptune

e is the fourth largest planet in the solar system, and the smallest and densest of the gas giant's outer space. Neptune is eighth planet in distance from the sun. Neptune's orbits are between those o ...

(3 pages) 40 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

"The Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke A world with less creativity

End, by Arthur C. Clarke, introduces a world in the future with inevitable interaction between the outer space creatures, Overlords, and the human beings. With the help and the guidance of the Overlo ...

(3 pages) 47 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American