Blog #8: Space & Art

The notion of space and art is collectively a combination of every theme that we have learned in the class - science, technology, math, nanotechnology, and more.  There is a large category of movies, television shows, and novels are based on science fiction of space, apocalyptic Earth, other dimensions, extra terrestrials, evolved humans and other organisms, and/or futuristic technology, such as "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Elysium", War of the Worlds, and many more.  These attract readers' or viewers' attention because they are topics of mystery and curiosity to society.

Neil Armstrong's famous mission, Apollo 11, indicated the first human landing on the moon and return back to Earth, a goal set by President John F. Kennedy.  Armstrong described the event as "one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind", as the American flag was planted into the lunar ground.  Although, despite the different forms of evidence of footage, photography, and terrain samples, many people question the validity of the mission, believing that an artistic and carefully designed hoax was created to falsify the landing.

The International Space Station has galleries of photography taken of astronauts, their stations, and of masses, planets, and space, from many expeditions.  These photos are amazing to view, especially those of stars, planets, and galaxies since we can observe the cosmic beauties of the unknown and unreachable.

The CubeSat project is an international collaboration with universities, high schools, and private firms.  The initial goal was to enable graduate students to be able to design, build, test, and operate their own spacecrafts similar to that of Sputnik.  Goals include making simplified satellites, with easy designs, low costs and maintenance, able to quickly exchange payloads, and able to launch at short notice.

More Relevant Links:

http://powersof10.com/

http://www.cubesat.org/

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/index.html#.UpfTwihc-Jp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

Works Cited:

8 Space Pt1 1280x720. Dir. Victoria Vesna. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIqTR332l8>.

8 Space Pt2 1280x720. Dir. Victoria Vesna. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLZMDpoP-u0>.

8 Space Pt3 1280x720. Dir. Victoria Vesna. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WOqt_C55Mk>.

"Apollo 11." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Nov. 2013. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11>.

"CubeSat." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Nov. 2013. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat>.

Images:

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. <http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/iss_11_24/i26_106565.jpg>.

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. <http://www.galaxyphoto.com/high_res/hst_pillars.jpg>.

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. <http://www.interestingtopics.net/storage/bfdc1afc9202702b0e5e4abda1cb5195.jpg>.

Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. <http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/10/28/star-trek-old-new.jpg>.