Airlock

Screams filled the air. Only then did Jessie Grant realize they were his. He had been having this dream for some time, his dad’s and mom’s death. Before they boarded a cruiser when he was seventeen, his parents were his best friends, now he had nothing. The day after his parents died, he climbed up a mountain he later called Mount Clesk. The piece it brought him was something he loved so every day he climbed up the mountain. Today was no exception as he planned to climb the mountain every day for

They started their class that morning and were thrilled. They listened intently knowing they might soon be an astronaut themselves. 4 years later They graduated the class ranked first, second, and third. They were taking their final exams to qualify for space travel. It was early in the morning and they started the exams right away. Ken quickly finished the first fourteen pages, but got stumped on question fifty-six. On the other hand Cura took her time, but was still moving at a brisk pace. Even

from Oberyn’s helmet as he turned to meet the hound’s gaze, to which her ears perked. Taking on a sentinel’s vigilance, the hound seated herself beside him. With a hissing shift in the fuselage airlock, a Templar Lieutenant presented himself from the cockpit. Bracing himself against either side of the airlock doorway, he briefly cast his gaze over the squad of Marines before him. Giving an informal regard for Oberyn and Animus, he relayed the mission parameters. “Several hours ago we lost contact

in cases of extreme emergencies. Usually this action triggers the fast pace emergency reactions. In this time the secondary emergency system reacts, the way that it reacts is by enclosing the reactor in a gastight chamber. This chamber has airlocks, these airlocks are double sealed and are usually two sided. The shielded covers the entire reactor, and the primary coolant system. All the coolant vents are automatically shut up and off. This safely contain the fission products inside the shell. Another

Andy Weir’s debut novel, The Martian, depicts the story of Mark Watney, an astronaut left behind on the harsh planet of Mars. An astonishing tale of survival and the will to live, The Martian is a new and modern alternative to the survival genre. Narrated through logs, the book portrays the struggle and psychological impact of isolation on Watney. The Martian is told from a realistic perspective; unlike many books in the survival genre with static characters, Mark Watney feels real. Like the MacGyver

In the short story “Who’s There?” the author of the story, Arthur C. Clarke, uses foreshadowing to indicate to the readers that it is important to use clues within the text to help them envision what the ending may be like. Foreshadowing can be defined as “the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand” (_____). In the story, a man goes into outer space to retrieve something for an experiment. While in space the man begins to hear strange noises coming from his suit. This

Hermes for Watney to be rescued. Lewis develops a plan to intercept the MAV by firing Hermes' attitude thrusters, then speeding up to get closer to the MAV's velocity by rotating Hermes so that it is flying backwards and blowing a hole in the front airlock with an improvised sugar-and-liquid-oxygen bomb. Beck, the Hermes' EVA specialist, uses a Manned Maneuvering Unit on a tether to reach Watney aboard the MAV and carry him back to Hermes. In a final log entry, Watney expresses his joy at being rescued

“He was a wise man who invented beer.”- Plato. Beer is One of the most widely consumed beverages around the world. According to “List 25,” “An average American consumes about 23 gallons of the beverage a year, “that averages about 27 six packs or 1 ½ of a kegs which is a lot of beer. Beer was first seen when nomads made beer from grain and water even before they knew how to make bread. It was considerably cleaner than the water they had due to the fermentation and alcohol that is created. Then beer

was a boring and time consuming proccess im sure. I will also be packing extra material for patching up the HAB, if we are going to last I will have to have supplies to fix cracks and leakes in our makeshift home; Mark suffered from thisa when his airlock

a buzzkill. A corridor of white covered by even more white, a curtain hiding the most stunning view. My disappointment is obvious. Reaching out to pull it away is as exciting as unwrapping a Christmas gift. A hint of the universe peers into the airlock. Rays of sunlight invade abruptly, casting a silhouette upon the back of the corridor. Detaching from the station, a sliver of the universe catches my eye, it is now time to go out. As much as I would love to float gracefully through the emptiness