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Ever since Apollo 11, when the US landed on the moon other countries thought about getting into ¨The Space Race¨. On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the first Space Station (Redd). As the soviets continued to send space stations into orbit, the US was working on a project. In 1984 President Ronald Reagan called for a space program that would include participation with the US allies. Two years later they made the idea of a space station and Reagan called it Freedom (Angelo 239). The building

Georgie and his presentation. Jesus christ. Seeing it all made her sick - even sicker than getting caught in the first place. Sicker than being tracked down like some low-life scumbag. Sicker than having to choose between her life or Sheridan's. He'd actually thought this through. Worse, he had a lot of intel - shit they hadn't even known about five years back. That made her think - think real hard. Someone had sold them out the first time, and she'd have put good money on Georgie being one

Mark parked the borrowed car. He, Axel and Eva walked half a block to the spaceport’s employee entrance. They remained hidden until a woman in coveralls steered a hover trolley up to the guardhouse. She motioned for him to leave, then took his place. He disappeared before she let the three Terrans in the gate. Rayburn emerged from the shadows driving a trolley, picked them up, and sped toward the hangar where their ship was waiting. The welcome home greetings were cut short by Captain Malone’s

Similar to Hosseini, Vonnegut in his novel Slaughterhouse-Five begets the Tralfamadorians who act as the Hermit Guru. The Hermit Guru character trope could be described as a character who lives away from society and contains powers/wisdom to bring enlightenment. As stated before the Tralfamadorians fit this description. For example, Vonnegut states, “Earth can't be detected from Tralfamadore, as far as that goes. They’re both very small. They’re very far apart” (Vonnegut 30). As brought about by

come back to that later,” he replied. “There's something to take care of first.” He glanced around the bridge. “Where’s Screwdriver?” “He's shackled to a chair on my bridge,” O’Donnell replied. “Shackled?” “Yes. It was that, or the nearest airlock.” Forbes nodded understanding. “Unshackle him and bring him here.” “Is that wise?” O’Donnell asked, surprised. “He’s dangerous let loose on a ship.” “Maybe, but bring him here none-the-less. There are questions I need to ask.” Puzzled, O’Donnell

germs or other nasties that may be in it. After it cooled. I added a ton of brown sugar and poured into the yeast. I thought, what could go wrong; this stuff looks and smells amazing. I put the finished grist into a glass jar and capped it with an airlock plug to keep the bacteria out. After a couple of days, the juice seemed to be

The Great Escape Everyone at one point or another comes to a moment where we drive into our imaginations. One of the first things a person does when they face challenges that are crippling is to look for escape. People escape in different ways to a better world; away from reality and problems. Running to the imagination is something people can relate to. Three authors that seem to use escaping as a focus in their work. Kurt Vonnegut, Tennessee Williams, and Marcellus Watts. Slaughterhouse Five's

does for everything. Without the communication between NASA and Watney, he probably couldn't figure out some of the problems that arise and probably would have died. The other scene that shapes the rest of the story is when the Hab blows up. The airlock blows off because of wear and tear. It was only built to last 30 sols or around a month or so. Watney’s crops die because of lack of an atmosphere and the whole Hab collapses. “On Sol 119, the hab breached.” (156). “Looks like the hab completely deflated

stuck. Commander Vengeance, out." The Captain turned to face her crew and straightened her shoulders. "Space decided to trap us with Commander Vengeance. Whoever finds a solution gets a raise. If no one does, you're all going to be fired. OUT OF THE AIRLOCK." She added a scowl for extra effect and stomped out of the

Whether is it Michael Bay’s signature explosion scenes or Quentin Tarantino’s way of expressing his thrilling movies, you cannot deny that everyone enjoys watching movies. Let it be Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Animated or even plain old classic films. Talking about genre, Fiction, in literature terms, refers to a class that comprises works of imaginative narration (“Fiction” n.d.,), basically things which are not real and true. Science fiction on the other hand, is the sub-genre of fiction in which the