Bill Nye: The Science Guy

Have you heard of the show called “Bill Nye the Science Guy?” Of course you have, but did you know that wasn't the first show he was on? Bill made his television debut on a show called “Almost Live!” where he was a science explainer. He got his nickname when he corrected John Keister on his pronunciation of gigawatt which prompted the response “Who do you think you are, Bill Nye the science guy?” Later, he would make a pilot for the famous show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” which quickly gained popularity because children's television channels could schedule the show as an educational show to fulfill the “Children's Television Act.”(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Television_Act) As a result of the shows popularity, a study was conducted on the children who watched the show to see if it helped them with science

It is an understatement to say that the Mars Exploration Rover mission is successful, as the findings that were uncovered during this mission was iconic as it helped identify many unknown questions of the planet, Mars. This mission that was carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, otherwise known as NASA, which had employed two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, to travel miles around the terrain of Mars to collect the data and findings, which would then transfer it back to Earth. This paper will discuss many challenges that the Mars Exploration Rover mission had encountered, whilst also highlighting through the findings and data, the many breakthroughs and achievements that had been made during the lifecycle of the project. Therefore, through analysing and evaluating the advancements and shortcomings of this mission, we can continually make improvements on the methods of space exploration and have a greater understanding of the past

When scientists colonize mars it will give people the opportunity to find ice underground, it well inspire so many people, and it will allow mankind another place to live. People are ready to go to mars for things the Earth needs. It will be a expensive trip but scientists can do

Bill Nye is a major voice in Global Climate Change. Global Climate Change is a major problem that needs to be dealt with on Earth. Bill Nye has been advocating to the government and public to become more aware of these problems and do something about them. President Obama invited Bill Nye to visit the Everglades National park with him on Earth Day April 22nd, 2015. President Obama and Bill Nye discussed how to make Science more successful in schools. Bill Nye believes that children either learn to have a love of

Colin Furze, British plumber, turned inventor, is so well known for his videos demonstrating his crazy inventions that he’s a regular on Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science. He’s created everything from a pulse-jet powered bicycle to a ten hp motorized baby stroller. His latest creation, however, may be his magnum opus: With a little help from Ford Motors, Furze has managed to build a real, functioning Homemade Hoverbike.

With more plants, animals, minerals, and places named after him than any other person it’s a wonder that so few have actually heard of him. Alexander Von Humboldt, born on September 14th, 1769 in Berlin, was one of the most well known scientist in his day. Humboldt’s work contributed to almost every single field of natural science including biology, ecology, and geology. He published many books and changed everything about science. Despite all of this he has been almost entirely forgotten today due to German book burnings throughout World Wars I and II.

Another future mission is the A Mars sample return mission (MSR) would be a spaceflight mission to collect and dust samples from Mars and to return them to Earth. Sample return would be a very powerful type of exploration, because analysis is freed from the time budget, and space constraints of spacecraft sensors, Any of Earth’s laboratories could potentially study a sample. The latest space missions the Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) it was a joint NASA and ESA proposal for an exploration of Saturn and its moon Titan and Encelaus, where many complex phenomena were revealed by Cassini. With an estimated NASA cost of $2.5 billion, Titan Saturn System Mission was proposed to launch in 2020, get gravity assists from Earth and Venus, and arrive at the Saturn system in 2029. The 4 year prime mission would include a two-year Saturn tour, a two month Titan aero-sampling phase, and a 20 month Titan orbit phase.

One large project that is being pursued is colonizing mars with a human population. This will mold the future and newer generations. It can make us question the future and what lies ahead. It has been said that it will take no more than 50 years to fulfill the colonization of mars.

His show spreads the knowledge of science while entertaining children at the same time. If you walked around MHJH and asked any random selection of children if they knew who Bill Nye was 100% of them would say yes. This shows how many people know who he is. Bill Nye the Science Guy, is more than an educational television show. It’s not just one of the shows teachers force students to watch.

“I’m dead serious. They’re into UFOs, metaphysical journeys, astral entities, the afterlife, strange occurrences, Area 51, conspiracy theories, the Knights Templar, you know, a lot of weird stuff. People call the show and tell the host they left their body; or they lived in a previous century; or aliens took them aboard their space ships. You could call them and tell them your own experiences, too. The radio show has four-point-five million listeners every night—they might just believe your story.” Agent Winston Powell opined.

This is an editorial or a think-piece without a particular designation, please think of it as you would a “Consider the Following” segment on Bill Nye the Science Guy. It is going to present some information and opinions and you can do with them what you will, should you choose to read it! I have a desire to talk about entertainment and the attitudes surrounding it, somewhere along the lines of a “what is art?” sort of conversation, but less lofty and more specific to a particular range of ideas and opinions. I also want to talk about binaries, our collective fascination with them here in America, and in particular the one concerning work and play. I want to talk about self-expression and catharsis and how we like to believe and enforce that

Primarily, Bill Nye argues that the Earth is way over 6000 years old. He says that it isn't possible for Earth to be so young, because there is scientific

4 of the planets are in the habitable zone, meaning they could potentially support life. Meanwhile we have a planet that could have had life right here in our own solar system,“But the discovery that liquid water was once present on the Martian surface means, in Bortman's view, that living organisms might have been there, too.” (“There may have been”). The fact that mars may have held life is incredible, and realistic, after all where there is water there is life.“What the evidence does indicate, though, is that Mars was once a habitable world” (“There may have been”) which goes to show that while we don't have any specimen to examine, we can look at the facts and see that life did exist a one point in

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched two similar twin robotic rovers which were Spirit and Opportunity toward Mars on 10 June and 7 July 2003 (NASA 2012). Spirit and Opportunity landed in Gusev Crater on 4 January 2004 and in Meridiani Planum on 25 January 2004 respectively (NASA 2012). Opportunity is still operating and roving after 10 years on the Martian surface while final communication of Spirit to the Earth took place on 22 March 2010, which is around six years into its mission (NASA 2012). The rovers were thought to last 20 times longer as compared to its original design. As part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, the Mars Exploration Rover mission is a continuous multi-mission effort to study Mars as a possible habitation for past or present life and to look for signs of life as well as to prepare for human exploration. Primary objective of the Mars Exploration Rover mission is to explore and characterize a wide range of soils and rocks that possess clues or evidences to past water activity on Mars (NASA 2012).

Science has and always will play a constant important role in my daily life, maybe more so than others. Science for me has not always been my strong subject in school and I very easily tend to get intimidated. But when I look at my daily life and realize how much science plays a role in it, I cannot help but smile. Science is not at all bad, it has allowed me to do many things every day, even if I do not take the time to stop and think about it, it is there. From the way the microwave heats up the water for my coffee every morning or the way my body digests the food I eat every meal and makes