journey to the moon and beyond
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Journey To The Moon and Beyond. Write a science fiction short story that incorporates a trip to the moon or beyond. Apollo: Command and Service Modules. Picture taken by the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM: not shown). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Journey To The Moon and Beyond
Write a science fiction short story that
incorporates a trip to the moon
or beyond.
Apollo: Command and Service Modules
Picture taken by the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM: not shown). 2 astronauts are in the LEM and 1 astronaut is in the command module (the all silver
capsule shown at right.
Criteria• How many physics concepts do you need
to include for an A?• How much of the grade should depend on
the creativity and interest of the story?• What is the maximum and minimum
length of the story?• Keep a list of the “modifications of
physics” and explain why it is a science fiction story?
(…the ion accelerator causes speeds up to ½ the speed of light)
Relative Sizes of the smaller, mostly rocky planets.
Unmanned spacecraft have landed on Mars and Venus. Several spacecraft have flown by
Mercury, Venus and Mars. Photographs of Pluto have been taken from great distances
so surface details remain a mystery.
The pod cast below reviews the Phoenix
Missionhttp://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/video/phx20081110-640b.m4v
Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft have flown by and photographed the gas giants
The Galileo spacecraft orbited Jupiter and photographed the moons of Jupiter. The 4 well
known moons of Jupiter are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Active volcanoes are present on Io.
Regions of volcanic activity
on Io.
Your finished story qualifies you to watch
a segment of the movie Apollo 13 in the
auditorium on the morning of Friday,
May 28.
Due Date: Monday, May 24.
So where will your mission explore?
And what mysteries will be revealed?
SOHO, Coronas-F and TRACE are three satellites taking images of the Sun.
http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2010/04/21/aia_cme_closeup_20100408-H0200-H0500_304-171.mp4
The web link will display a movie of the Sun taken by the NEW Solar Dynamics Observatory (it may take 1 minute or longer to download)