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    Scientifically, “Solidarity” is far from law abiding. I wrote the story to be “soft science-fiction,” to focus primarily on the story itself, with the scientific elements simply helping to flesh out the setting more fully. Generally speaking, there are some specific elements of “Solidarity” that are very realistic, but the overall trend of it isn’t similar. The reason for my lack of focus on scientific fact is my intent to make a story that could effectively apply to any setting, despite using futuristic

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    The Martian Chronicles      The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury, is a science-fiction book and was written in 1946. This major work by Bradbury is a collection of short stories relating to Mars or Martians. Bradbury had a clear vision of the Mars in which these stories are set. His vision was one of a fantasy world from the Martians point of view. In this work, the humans from Earth are the aliens from outer space. Bradbury has won many awards including the O. Henry

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    The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury is a collection of science fiction stories about future expeditions to Mars. The book really delves into the topic of racial prejudice, colonization, and the horrors of war. Published in the 1950s, The Martian Chronicles was the book that made Ray Bradbury famous. The Martian Chronicles is a very compelling book for the right audience. Ray Bradbury’s style is very perceptive. Each short story makes the reader want to read more about the best and worst parts

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    the people who implanted the virus in the pods were people that worked for the World Government of Mars. The World Government of Mars is one of five World Governments, Scientists have terraformed Venus, Mars, and the moons of Titan, Europa, and Enceladus. Then they all made World Governments made up of people to represent their planet or moon. With the revelation that the World Government of Mars had tried to kill us with the virus, we decided as a team to destroy their headquarters. We took advantage

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    because most forms of life are unable to survive in a Mars-like environment without assistance. However, research at Cambridge has found that Mars contains the resources to sustain cyanobacteria, which could potentially make it possible to sustain other forms of life on Mars. Perhaps most importantly, cyanobacteria can perform photosynthesis, which makes oxygen production possible (Verseux et al., 2015). Verseux determined that sustaining a Mars crew for a year solely on Earth food would require the

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    The Martian Chronicles In “The Martian Chronicles”, Bradbury combines rocket technology and space exploration together and imagine undeveloped problems played out in both the Earth and Martian fields. Although the novel treats a series of social and political problems, a visible story bend shows regarding the relationship between civilizations, living in peace with the environment, and carefully manage in technology. In “The Martian Chronicles”, Bradbury moves from the Martians’ peaceful nation with

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    Earth’s population has skyrocketed. Earth’s climate change is the main reason why we should migrate to mars. Hotter temperatures, overfishing, extinction of species, and water pollution are threatening ecosystems and destroying resources. Man-made chemicals are being absorbed by the Earth and the side effects are unknown. Scientists have event found radioactive materials in ice-caps and sediments. Mars, humanity’s only hope for a safe haven, is a unique planet full of new discoveries and breakthroughs

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    to Mars by 2030. They want to colonize the supposedly interesting red planet, costing upwards of 30 billion dollars. 1 billion people live in poverty worldwide. one hundred million of them don’t have a place to call home. Don’t you think it's abominable that 30 million children die of starvation every year, while corrupt governments such as Russia and China feed billions of pounds into the exploration of mars and other space missions? Captain Alan Bean( and the keen supporter of the Mars project

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    Overpopulation Speech

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    I. Attention getter: How many of you are tired of the extinction of species, overcrowded streets, and low life rates in developing countries? As the United Nations, “an organization which most countries belong to that is supposed to encourage international peace and co-operation”, you want to help the planet and the people that live on it right? (“Definition of ‘United Nations’,” n.d.). II. Reason to Listen: Well, this speech will be influencing you as The United Nations to make a change in the world

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    the possible outcomes as technology took over the lives of humans. In The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury first started with how the people on Mars lived peacefully with their environment, and allowed technology to better their

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