...Mars and its Future. On November 28, 1964, the Mariner 4 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. After 7 ½ months of flight, Mariner 4 reached the surface of mars and took the first pictures of the Martian planet. Since then we have launched more than 40 spacecrafts to mars, from orbiters that fly by the atmosphere to landers that have been on the surface of Mars (“10 things to know about mars”) . Today we still continue to progressively learn and to explore the famous red planet. Mars is the same age as Earth. The whole solar system and everything in it was formed the same time, about 4.56 billion years ago. One of the greatest scientific questions is if there's life on Mars. Since scientists know that Earth and Mars both experienced similar weather conditions in early history, and life eventually happened on Earth. Therefore life may have begun on Mars too. The big question is if life did start their, then how did it die out? Maybe there is still life on Mars, and it’s buried underground where conditions may be less hostile. The only way to answers all these questions is to explore Mars. Scientist call comparisons between Earth and Mars analogs. Scientists say that even though, the two planets are mostly different when it comes to the atmosphere, temperature, size, and the geologic processes on the two planets. Surprisingly there are similarities between the two planets, also. An example is, on Mars there are volcanoes, channels...
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...involving the target market, pricing strategy, and company competition are demonstrated in this paper as well. The specified company referenced in this report is Mars Inc. Unit 5 Individual Project Introduction The principles of marketing apply to every business and operation that produces and sells some type of commodity in exchange for profit. The marketing mix contains specific tools, which help companies and their marketing team to build and evaluate a product, structure the price based on the value, effectively promote the product, and place the product with best-suited channels of distributions. For a company that operates on a global scale, such as Mars incorporated, these tools are even more important to assess. Describe Main Line of Business of the Company Mars Inc. is one of the largest privately owned companies in the U.S.A alone (FAQs, 2012). Best known for their chocolates and candies; the company offers a diversity of other products from segmented areas within their company concerning pet care products, symbioscience, drinks, gum, and foods (Market Summaries, 2012). The company has approximately over 70,000 associates working nationwide at one of their facilities, which are located globally in over 73 different countries (Where we Operate, 2012). Name Four Countries in which the Company Operates The Mars Company caters to all kinds of people all around the world. Their operations reach far across seas and dwell in...
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...Life on Mars Mars (Greek: Ares), our fourth planet in the Solar system, is named after the ancient roman god of war, Mars. People also called it the “Red Planet” as its surface if covered by iron oxide (loose dust and rock) which gives it a red bright rust colour surface appearance. During the Solar System's formation, Mars was created out of the protoplanetary disk. Also, Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos. Mars’ size is relatively smaller than our Earth and approximately half the size of the Earth; therefore, it takes longer to orbits the Sun (about two Earth years). Mars also has a surface area about the same as the land surface area of Earth. The Earth is about nine times more massive than Mars. Truly, there are some similarities between Mars and Earth which kept our interest to discover this mystery planet over decades. For example, Mars have a relatively thin atmosphere similar to Earth’s. Its atmosphere contains oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon, but proportionally different to our Earth. Moreover, it has similar observable features like volcanoes, valleys, deserts and polar ice caps. Mars’ seasonal cycles are likewise similar to those of Earth as well. These integrated features give rise to our suspect about the past or existing presence of life and many more questions related to its history. As Mars is the neighbour of Earth, its history of ideas about the presence of life has been a controversy issue over decades. Therefore, the research...
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...Eades Composition and Reading 1 18 February 2014 Rocket History and exploring the future My prewriting strategies I used were, research, and outline. My audience are teenagers and adults. My tone for this essay is being informative. My thesis is, although man has created many things, rockets are one of the greatest creations. My purpose for this essay is to educate people on the history of rockets, and I wanted to express why it is one of the greatest creations man has created. The horse and buggy were used to discover uncharted territories and now we are using rocket to explore the uncharted parts of space. This essay discusses the history of rocket fuel, past explorers of space, and the future opportunities in space. Although man has created many things, rockets are one of the greatest creations. Rocket fuel has changed drastically over many years, the first documented rocket was by the Chinese in the fourteenth century, and its fuel was black powder (“History of rockets- Spread of Rocket Technology”). This was the start of something big. Later in history, in the year 1261, Roger Bacon perfected the formula for the rocket; instead of just using gun powder he added saltpeter, carbon, and sulfur (“History of rockets- Spread of rocket technology”). By perfecting the formula he increased performance by staggering numbers. As people continued to experiment with rocket...
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...“Mars” Physical Science April 9, 2012 When a person thinks of Mars he may think of many wonders. Some dream of traveling Mars while others simply wonders if there is life on Mars. I will talk about both dreaming and life on Mars, but first I would like to talk about the history of Mars. In 1968, NASA struggled to get the Apollo program back on track in the wake of the devastating launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, that had taken the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee. While the nation awaited the resumption of the race to the moon, NASA scientist quietly continued their work on the Mars exploration program. At the time, planetary scientists were still grappling with the surprising results of Mariner 4 – a small pile of photographs of a desolate, crater-pocked world that seemed incapable of supporting life. Mariner 9 would complicate the picture, revealing an active planet, with volcanoes, canyons, and channels apparently carved by catastrophic floods. With those discoveries, the prospects for finding life on Mars – or at least evidence of ancient life – would rise again. But in 1968, Mariner 9 was still three years away. NASA’s decision to launch a mission to search for life on Mars was made at a time when few believed there was any life to be found. The Greeks named the planet after Ares, the god of war. The Romans later renamed it after their god of war: Mars. Little more was learned about Mars until the Renaissance, which marked the dawn...
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...In the late 20th century, we began to explore Mars. These studies were not conducted through a telescope, but the much more advanced technology of interplanetary probes. In 1964, lead by multiple prior failures, two unmanned missions to Mars, the Mariner 3 and 4, were launched. The Mariner 3, was a battery-powered spacecraft designed to make scientific measurements of, and to obtain photographs of the planet's surface and transmit these to Earth. The mission was predicted to last about 8 months. Unfortunately, as the probe was launched, its atmospheric shield had failed to eject, leaving all of the sensors and instruments covered. This also left unnecessary weight with the probe, not allowing it to achieve its target trajectory. Three weeks later, the second probe, Mariner 4 was launched on its eight-month voyage to Mars. Unlike the first mission this one was successful, completing the very first flyby of Mars in history, and changing...
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..."About Joel." About Joel. Joel Osteen Ministries, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2017. Joel Osteen Ministries outlines the origins of Osteen’s career beginning with his initial disinterest in taking over his father, John’s, church. Joel transformed the ministry into the largest non-denominational church in America with over 45,000 attendees and services that are televised widely in the United States and to over one-hundred countries. The piece also provides various quotes from Joel which illustrate his relaxed and inspirational strain of Evangelical Christianity, which are often interpreted as promoting secular ideology and the highly controversial prosperity gospel. Balmer, Randall. "Televangelism.." The Oxford Companion to United States History. :...
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...Essay Assignment #1 History can be used as a stepping stone in understanding the contemporary world and why its relevance can be connected to what has happened in the past to what is happening today. One of these examples in history that has made a huge impact in today’s world is the social and economic inequalities leading up to the American Revolution. The cause of the Revolution was due to many of the grievances that colonists had for the British. Knowing this fact, we can better understand how this is useful and relevant in understanding the economic inequalities in Egypt which led to the Revolution in 2011. The American Revolution was fought because of numerous unresolved conflicts that the colonists had with the British. Even after the war, there were problems still lingering. Some of these issues included freedom of expression, voting rights and political participation, and the Inflation of goods. Many of these disagreements resulted in rioting and protests, as well as boycotting of goods and such. Let’s start with freedom of expression. Speech was limited in Britain, but if referring to the boundary outside of Parliament, then there was no legal protection for freedom of speech. Moreover, an individual could be beheaded for criticizing the king and the government. Even before the Revolution, voting rights and the political participation was very limited when electing government officials. There were property qualifications in order to vote in America. For example...
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...war was the Civil War and it is an important event in history. Many people say the civil war was over states rights, but a majority of people say it was over slavery. Slavery was said to be the #1 conflict between the North and the South in the 1860’s (Guelzo 1). People from the North were being used as slaves in the south. The south liked/ wanted slaves, but the North did not agree, which is why the country was divided (Luce 1). Fifteen out of 34 of the states were slave states...
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...Hemophilia SUMMARY Figure 1: Coagulation factor VIII Figure 1: Coagulation factor VIII Over 400,000 people around the world suffer from hemophilia and about 300,000 individuals have little to no treatment on their disorder. Vaccines and drugs are costly to produces and to administer to the affected individuals so more cost-effective therapies are required. There have been tests on gene transfer but these tests show no results to form a stable version of factor VIII or IX. More testing and clinical trials are being performed to produce a more stable version of the coagulation factors. Bioengineering coagulation factors show positive signs for victims with hemophilia which will further preclinical studies. BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION Figure 2: Dr. John Conrad Otto Figure 2: Dr. John Conrad Otto The purpose of researching gene therapy and alternative cures for hemophilia is to cut down cost of treatment and prolong the effects of the therapy. Hemophilia dates back to ancient times. The Talmud and Arab physicians had stories about males dying from minor cuts. Hemophilia was finally recognized as a hereditary disorder in 1803 by Dr. John Conrad Otto. He saw a trend in families that female were carriers of the disorder and that mostly males were affected. Hemophilia is a genetic disorder that makes it much harder and longer for your blood to clot when you are injured. In severe cases continuous bleeding could occur after minor cuts. There are two types of hemophilia,...
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...than Earth in many ways when it comes to the soil and the plate tectonics. Red soil. Mars is called the red planet for a reason. The soil on Mars is rich in magnetic iron oxides which is rust. Scientists took a soil sample that mimics that of Mars and tested it to see if it would rust the way it looks like on Mars. The iron was unchanged after a year in a dry atmosphere and finally changed when the sample was put in a wet atmosphere. (R., 2005) Canyons. The martian canyons are huge compared to the ones seen on Earth. Scientist suggest that there had to have been a continual flow of water to erode the rock and form the deep and long canyons. Valles Marineris is a canyon near Olympus Mons. The canyon is 2500 miles long and 7 miles deep. (Cowen, 1998) Volcanoes. Mars is home to the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is extinct and stands 16 miles (25 kilometers) and has a caldera that is 50 miles (80 kilometers) wide. Nearby are three smaller volcanoes that are also extinct. These volcanoes are near the canyon, Valles Marineris. From Mars no longer generating heat...
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...is capable of. NASA can reach great accomplishments if astronauts were sent on a mission to Mars. As existing, curious beings, it is normal to want to explore the vast matter that surrounds all living organisms. Ever since the beginning of time, society has been recording history so it is only right to keep on adding to that for future generations in order for them to repeat the cycle. The article “Why We Explore,” remarks that one who desires to explore and challenge the boundaries of what is known and what has been visited. It has provided many benefits to this nation for centuries. In order to continue pushing forward in exploration, disputes must be overcome and mistakes must be learned from. From here, astronauts could even start mastering the rest of the solar system and see what other living...
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...The case for a possible Brexit and its impact on the UK economy is one that has been widely discussed over the years, given the significant economic effects it imposes on both parties involved. The UK taking up its membership into the EU in 1973 following its establishment in 1967 enabled vast benefits of free trade to be shared amongst members of this trading bloc. However, over a quarterly time series from 1999 to 2014 the UK has been noted to have run a relatively large balance of trade deficit in terms of its trade in goods with the EU (see figure 2), and as such lays emphasis on the UK’s lack of competitiveness, specifically in its manufacturing industry. The importance of the EU has increasingly become more significant in terms of the UK’s total economic activity, generated through trade transactions. Figure 1: ONS As seen in figure 1, there has been a downward trend in the transaction with the EU expressed as a percentage of UK GDP, falling by 231.25% from Q1 of 1991 to Q4 of 2014. In relations to the total trade in goods with the EU, there has generally been a deficit, which increased by 874.9% from 1999 to 2014. From figure 2 it can be observed that the largest deficit of -£21500m occurred in Q4 of 2014 and the lowest in Q4 of 1999. Figure 2: ONS The persistent balance of trade deficit seemed to be a result of imports from the EU to the UK exceeding exports. This could be the case as the percentage increase in exports from transactions...
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...overlooking what really must be done. Americans everywhere should do all that they can to remind the world of the importance of marriage and family to the social structure of countries. It the correct diagnosis and treatment of the disease that will cure the nation. Works Cited ASPE Human Services Policy Staff. "Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2012 Current Population Survey Data." Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 12 Sept. 2012, aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/information-poverty-and-income-statistics-summary-2012-current-population-survey-data. Accessed 27 Mar. 2017. Biography.com Editors. "George Orwell Biography." Biography.com, A&E Television Networks, 11 Aug. 2016, www.biography.com/people/george-orwell-9429833. Accessed 25 Mar. 2017. "Challenges to Capitalism; Russian Revolution and the Establishment of the Communist...
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...Impacts of The Jungle on American Society As Judith Lewis Herman exhorted in her novel, Trauma and Recovery, "The ordinary response to atrocities is to banish them from consciousness” (“Trauma and Recovery Quotes”). However, a nationwide nerve was struck when the grotesque meat- packing industry was revealed by Upton Sinclair. He blazoned to Americans across the country the lurid details of the industry though his novel, The Jungle, a novel which changed American history. [This scathing review on the meat packing industry with socialist undertones brought an advent of great social and legal change to the United States.] With its stunning entrance into American literature in 1906, The Jungle created an uproar that has endured over a century since its publication. Upton Sinclair was an ardent proponent of socialism in America and yearned to reform the ailing country (Fogel). His novel was produced as a metaphor, comparing a jungle directly to the corrupt meat packing industry based in Chicago. Sinclair sought to expose the unknown atrocities hidden in the meat packing industry, which was not forced to obey any form of regulation (Shafer). Sinclair wrote that, “It was like some horrible crime committed in a dungeon, all unseen and unheeded, buried out of sight and of memory” (Sinclair 56). This fictional piece of literature brought America to a screeching halt. Never before had such a bold statement been made about an industry that affected almost every single American. Upton’s...
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