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    Final Mission Paper Is there any evidence of ancient life (e.g. fossils) on Mars? The main purpose of this mission will seek evidence of organic compounds of biological and non-biological origin at the martian surface. It is important to conduct this mission because Mars is Earth's neighboring planet and it may have substances within it's surface that may be beneficial to the Earth's well-being. Even though there has been several missions to Mars and some still presently active, there was none dedicated

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    on the surface of Mars, baffling experts. They confirmed the news in a tweet revealing: "Scientists are debating the origin of these peculiar relics on the surface of Mars." And now conspiracists believe the US space agency made a mistake in doing so – detailing more than they planned. Graham Maple, who runs YouTube channel Conspiracy Depot revealed why he believes someone at NASA has messed up. Life on mars? Bizarre 'ancient' structure revealed by NASACONSPIRACY DEPOT LIFE ON MARS? Bizarre 'ancient'

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    Mars Exploration For over 60 years now, humans have been trying anything possible to get information on our neighboring planet. Known as the “Red Planet”, Mars is the closest planet to us in our Solar System that has the chance of having human life on it. Though the chances of life on Mars are slim to none, many space organizations, including NASA, are still exploring the planet for any signs of life. Questions that many of the NASA crews ask themselves are : Is there water on Mars? What is the

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    write the book Life on Mars. The poems contained in Life on Mars are extremely influenced by David Bowie because Bowie and Smith share the same point of view of the universe. Within the book, Life on Mars, Tracy K. Smith titles one of her poems “Life on Mars,” after the song “Life on Mars?” by David

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    ‘’Are we the only one?’’ sang Marcus Jung in his song ‘’Life on Mars’’. Over the last fifty years, the NASA and other important institutions, such as ESA, have reported important discovery about life on other planets. Forms of life and similar living conditions, such as oxygen and water, have been found on Mars. Therefore, enigmas and new interesting questions are starting to emerge, that is whether human beings could actually live on Mars, whether there might be aliens and whether we may begin a

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    Tracy K Smith & Pablo Neruda Tracy K. Smith’s Life on Mars, takes bits and pieces of inspirations from other artists works. An example of this can be seen in a poem from part four of Life on Mars, in which Smith makes use of Pablo Neruda's poem “Tonight I can write the saddest lines.” Neruda has been referred to as the greatest poet of the 20th century, so it is only fitting that Smith uses his work as an inspiration. She uses direct quotation from his poem. Although they both similarly use simple

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    abilities. Smith has her very own book called Life On Mars, which is an elegy to her inspiration, her father. Smith’s father, Floyd William Smith, worked on the hubble Telescope which gave her insight of the space world and gave her the skills that separates her from other poets. Her poems all have the constant themes of the unknown, disgust or unpleasant, and death. The theme of dark matter or the unknown presents itself often in her poem “Life On Mars”. Smith expresses: “Tina says what if dark matter

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    WATER ON MARS! This is a common headline that has been found countless times in newspaper and website articles since Martians and other aliens were first popularized in the media. But why exactly are we even looking for water on mars? And why are we searching for beings not first theorized by scientists, but by legend and popular culture? Because life exists or has existed somewhere in our universe besides Earth. They may not be the green, humanoid Martians that we have thought up or even something

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    Scientists, philosophers, and the general population have attempted to answer what happens after death and what role space and time play in everyday life. When trying to answer these same questions in response to her father’s death, Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize­winning author and poet laureate, wrote her third book Life on Mars. Smith brings a sense of hope for the future by developing theories on what one will experience after death in several of her poems. In the spring of 2009, the New York

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    1/28/2015 Synopsis: In the future, where asteroid mining is a necessity for supporting life on Earth, meteorite impacts became more frequent. In an attempt to save part of the population, humanity has decided to venture into space on cooperative missions with robots to build colonies using technologies developed from previous robotic missions to the surface of Mars such as those developed from the data of the Mars Exploration Rover program. Nuclear fission still appears to be the only plausible method

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