Week 9

Our final topic this week is about space and art. After watching the first video that showed what our world would look like every 10 seconds out, its crazy to think how small our Earth is compared to the rest of the universe. As Professor said, since the beginning of time people have been trying to figure out and understand our universe and these objects in our sky. In the beginning stars had to be differentiated from planets and were given names. People back then believed the heavens held greater power over earthly existence and many were fearful of the sky after witnessing  natural phenomina such as a lunar exclipse or seeing a comet in the sky. Years of trying to understand the sky led to astronomy, which is considered the first science. 

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 Nicolaus Copernicus, a very important mathamatician and astronomer during the time of the Renaissance was known for his model of the universe. In the model that he created, he placed the sun in the middle of the universe rather than the earth.  However this idea of having the sun in the middle of the universe was not new and other people have come up with similar ideas. What seperated Copernicus model with others was the mathematical detail he put into his structure. Copernicus postulated only earths revolution rotation about the sun and the tilt of the earths rotational axis. Because of this he was able to explain the observed motion of the sky. Fear of the church prevented           him from exposing his ideas and ultimately delayed the publication of his ideas. 

                    

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Since his work, there have been great improvements in the study of the universe. After World War II, contemporary space age development began and during this time the creation of different bombs took place such as the first atomic bomb which had two goals at the time which were to end WWII and by possessing this massive weapon being able to take control of foreign policy. 

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Another significant moment in space was the first human to reach space. Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin becamethe first human to be in space by making a 108 minute orbital flight in his Vistok One aircraft. After his success in being able to make it into space successfully it led to another significant achievement which was the first human to land on the moon named Neil Armstrong in July 1969.

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So far it is clear that we have already made great progress in the space age and who knows what we might be able to do in the future. With the help of movies and tv shows we have a picture in our mind of what its like to be out there in Space. Maybe in the future we will be able to travel to Space or even find a whole new world.

 

Works Cited

Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 31 May 2015. <http://www.biography.com/people/neil-armstrong-9188943>. 

Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 31 May 2015. <http://www.biography.com/people/nicolaus-copernicus-9256984>. 

"The First Atomic Bomb Test Is Successfully Exploded." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 31 May 2015. <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-atomic-bomb-test-is-successfully-exploded>. 

NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 31 May 2015. <https://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/SpaceAge/>. 

"Sputnik and the Origins of the Space Age." Sputnik and the Origins of the Space Age. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2015. <http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/sputorig.html>.