Betsy Wanless
Monday, February 05, 2007
The Mars Society Website:
After reviewing this website I stumbled upon information that seemed a little bizarre. The Mars Society has been having conventions in LA since 1997, and do have many other meetings throughout the year. The thought of individuals contributing monetary gifts to this incredibly far out idea of actually settling on Mars is amazing, as well as supporting or attending a weekend long activity to further their exploration of the Red Planet.
I really did gain from how the website had updated information of what is going on in the exploration of Mars. The webpage also had competitions posted where people have put in their ideas of a Pressurized Rover or a University Rover Challenge (‘explore more than a textbook’). I think this does a great job of targeting the younger generations to participate in the Exploration of Mars, because we are young and not so narrow-minded and may be willing to find a way to get there (without all clouded thoughts).
In the Political Action section of this website I really was keen on how the site had: ask an expert. There are many questions that are running though my head about what my paper may consist of and I might have to take advantage of this portion of the site since they have individuals who are experts in different areas that deal with exploration of Mars. Also, in this area, I think they do a great job of making it easy to get around and not confusing or frustrating. If you want to get involved or donate money to this organization it is EASY which will increase involvement for the society.
The last area that really caught my eye is the area that has: Astronomy Pictures. Pictures are posted each day from all over the world and a professional astronomer actually writes a little caption about the photo. I think this site has done a great job of balancing writing, photos and interactive areas to increase individuals to stay, play, learn and donate
Monday, February 5, 2007
Website Review Assignment
The Mars Society website's main objective is to further the exploration and settlement of the planet Mars. The home page of the website consists of posts related to Mars from people who must be members of the Mars Society. There are several tabs available to open on the website including political action, marspapers, mars society news, and content. The political action tab included information on how to ask congress to support the mission and objective of the Mars Society. This also included resources that one must have to support their efforts in a campaign.
The Mars Society attempts to extend information about why it is important to gain an understanding of the planet Mars. One of its goals is to reach out to the public and inform them of the vision of pioneering Mars. They also encourage the private exploration of Mars as well.
The Enterprise Mission website is an interesting website. The quote that is on every page of the website caught my eye, "To Boldly Go Where Someone Has Gone Before...." This is an interesting quote to me becuase it shows that the exploration of Mars has only begun. Yes, we have been to Mars, but this quote makes it clear that the scientists beleive that we have more opportunity on Mars.
This website, similar to the first one, has many objectives revolving around the exploration of Mars. A similar objective is to involve the public in the effort to further explore the planet Mars. Many people today do not realize the advances in space exploration over the past 30 years and should understand the possibilities that are in space.
Both websites were very interesting, however, I thought the Enterprise Mission website had more information and was more detailed on what it wanted to accomplish and how they wanted to accomplish it.
The Mars Society attempts to extend information about why it is important to gain an understanding of the planet Mars. One of its goals is to reach out to the public and inform them of the vision of pioneering Mars. They also encourage the private exploration of Mars as well.
The Enterprise Mission website is an interesting website. The quote that is on every page of the website caught my eye, "To Boldly Go Where Someone Has Gone Before...." This is an interesting quote to me becuase it shows that the exploration of Mars has only begun. Yes, we have been to Mars, but this quote makes it clear that the scientists beleive that we have more opportunity on Mars.
This website, similar to the first one, has many objectives revolving around the exploration of Mars. A similar objective is to involve the public in the effort to further explore the planet Mars. Many people today do not realize the advances in space exploration over the past 30 years and should understand the possibilities that are in space.
Both websites were very interesting, however, I thought the Enterprise Mission website had more information and was more detailed on what it wanted to accomplish and how they wanted to accomplish it.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Website Review Assignment
National Geographic Series: "Is It Real?" Episode: "Life on Mars?"
Chris Owens
Assignment #1
February 4, 2007
The first website we were supposed to review is about The Mars Society. The purpose of this society is to further the goal of the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. This will be done by 1) Broad public outreach to instill the vision of pioneering Mars. 2) Support of ever more aggressive government funded Mars exploration programs around the world. 3) Conducting Mars exploration on a private basis.
The Mars Society website contained a lot of articles that all were related to Mars. An article that caught my eye was the one written by Robert Zubrin. He believes that we should be less worried about the moon and future space stations and more focused on finding ways colonize Mars. He discusses in his article why Mars is better for colonizing than the moon. We have everything we need to create air and water on the red planet.
The second website is about a non-profit research project supported by open community involvement and donations called The Enterprise Mission. It is an expanding research program seeking the facts behind the discovery in the last 4 years of "intelligently-designed, ancient artificial structures" on additional NASA and Soviet photos, not only of Mars... but of the Moon...
The "launching" of the Enterprise phase of this 13-year investigation took place on March 21, 1996 - with the announcement at the Washington D.C.'s National Press Club, by Richard Hoagland and a team of multi-disciplinary engineers and scientists, of a significantly expanded and broadened Mars Mission/Enterprise Mission escalation of the search. I read an article by Richard Hoagland, which talked about life on Mars. Hoagland has made some bold statements which are controversial. He claims that the formation of the land on Mars that looks like a face is not a nature made product. He also believes that there are pyramids built by martians that have artifacts and information inside them. In the article Hoagland says that we have found fossil like features on Mars.
Chris Owens
Assignment #1
February 4, 2007
The first website we were supposed to review is about The Mars Society. The purpose of this society is to further the goal of the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. This will be done by 1) Broad public outreach to instill the vision of pioneering Mars. 2) Support of ever more aggressive government funded Mars exploration programs around the world. 3) Conducting Mars exploration on a private basis.
The Mars Society website contained a lot of articles that all were related to Mars. An article that caught my eye was the one written by Robert Zubrin. He believes that we should be less worried about the moon and future space stations and more focused on finding ways colonize Mars. He discusses in his article why Mars is better for colonizing than the moon. We have everything we need to create air and water on the red planet.
The second website is about a non-profit research project supported by open community involvement and donations called The Enterprise Mission. It is an expanding research program seeking the facts behind the discovery in the last 4 years of "intelligently-designed, ancient artificial structures" on additional NASA and Soviet photos, not only of Mars... but of the Moon...
The "launching" of the Enterprise phase of this 13-year investigation took place on March 21, 1996 - with the announcement at the Washington D.C.'s National Press Club, by Richard Hoagland and a team of multi-disciplinary engineers and scientists, of a significantly expanded and broadened Mars Mission/Enterprise Mission escalation of the search. I read an article by Richard Hoagland, which talked about life on Mars. Hoagland has made some bold statements which are controversial. He claims that the formation of the land on Mars that looks like a face is not a nature made product. He also believes that there are pyramids built by martians that have artifacts and information inside them. In the article Hoagland says that we have found fossil like features on Mars.
Website Review
Website Review Assignment
Shelby Ramirez
February 4, 2007
Mars Exploration
Trying to figure out things about Mars can be tricky. We have to use our imaginations and explore the seemingly impossible boundaries. Though imagination is important I think that sometimes it can be taken too far. For example Hoagland and his fossil theory is a stretch of the imagination.
Looking over the pictures on the Enterprise Mission website I can see how the picture Hoagland believed to be a fossil could have been, but I still remain a skeptic. The fact that there wouldn’t have been more research done adds to my skepticism. The microscope obliterated the fossil so it makes it hard to be able to go back and debate the reality of a fossil or not. As for all the responses Hoagland got to the Calhoun pictures, I think it’s more about people just want to be believers. Like it said on the video we watched in class there was a rash of alien and UFO sightings after the Mars fad.
Now that the world has heard of Mars and taken a serious interest they want to be more educated. From the Mars Society website it seems that Zubrin has become a popular author or information source when dealing with Mars. Zubrin was invited to go lecture in China. The two leaders China and the United States finally meet eye to eye on Mars Exploration. Educating China about Mars will help breed healthy competition and funding for Mars Exploration.
Shelby Ramirez
February 4, 2007
Mars Exploration
Trying to figure out things about Mars can be tricky. We have to use our imaginations and explore the seemingly impossible boundaries. Though imagination is important I think that sometimes it can be taken too far. For example Hoagland and his fossil theory is a stretch of the imagination.
Looking over the pictures on the Enterprise Mission website I can see how the picture Hoagland believed to be a fossil could have been, but I still remain a skeptic. The fact that there wouldn’t have been more research done adds to my skepticism. The microscope obliterated the fossil so it makes it hard to be able to go back and debate the reality of a fossil or not. As for all the responses Hoagland got to the Calhoun pictures, I think it’s more about people just want to be believers. Like it said on the video we watched in class there was a rash of alien and UFO sightings after the Mars fad.
Now that the world has heard of Mars and taken a serious interest they want to be more educated. From the Mars Society website it seems that Zubrin has become a popular author or information source when dealing with Mars. Zubrin was invited to go lecture in China. The two leaders China and the United States finally meet eye to eye on Mars Exploration. Educating China about Mars will help breed healthy competition and funding for Mars Exploration.
Website review (assignment)
Both of these websites, the Mars Society and The Enterprise Mission, have a lot of information about Mars and the most current news about Mars. By specifically looking at the interviews by Robert Zubrin on the Mars Society website and Richard Hoagland on The Enterprise Mission the difference between the websites becomes clear.
The main focus in Zubrin’s interview is the fact that NASA shouldn’t be looking at the Moon or the space station for the future of space travel, but that they should be bolder and aim to get people on Mars. The idea of this is to not only to see if it can be done but also to see if there was any life on Mars. Zubrin believes that NASA hasn’t done anything really big in the last decade or so and that going to Mars would create a goal and mission for the organization that has been missing for a very long time.
The main focus of Hoagland’s interview is the life on Mars debate. Hoagland believes that there is life on Mars and it is just the matter of when we find it. Obviously the biggest problem that he has with the US Mars programs are the politics that are involved in getting people into space not to mention getting humans into space.
The Enterprise Mission website mostly deals with the issue and debate of life on Mars and how we on earth are supposed to find it. While the Mars Society focuses mainly on the issues of getting humans and maybe a society to Mars, although life on Mars is discussed it is not the main focus of the website. The Mars Society website seems to be more professionally organized and well put together than The Enterprise Mission site. It was very interesting that Mars Society had its mission statement on the home page right where everyone can see. Unlike the Enterprise Mission website the Mars Society website did not have distracting advertisements that brought the focus of the website away from the actual information on the page. All in all both websites are a wealth of information but I believe that Mars Society is a much more interesting and well done website.
Mars life
Mars life may be too deep to find
If there is life on Mars, it won't be found very close to the surface. It won't be close enough to be easily discovered by robotic probes. That's because any bacteria that may once have lived on the surface have long since been exterminated by cosmic radiation sleeting through the thin martian atmosphere.
If there is life on Mars, it won't be found very close to the surface. It won't be close enough to be easily discovered by robotic probes. That's because any bacteria that may once have lived on the surface have long since been exterminated by cosmic radiation sleeting through the thin martian atmosphere.
NASA gets a budget increase
NASA gets a budget increase
The Bush administration's 2007 budget calls for $16.8 billion for NASA, a 3.2 percent increase over this year's allocation. But the space agency still finds itself having to make tough funding choices in order to accomplish all the tasks on its "to-do list."
The Bush administration's 2007 budget calls for $16.8 billion for NASA, a 3.2 percent increase over this year's allocation. But the space agency still finds itself having to make tough funding choices in order to accomplish all the tasks on its "to-do list."
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