Mar Adentro Ramón Sampedro, un tetrapléjico que pasó casi treinta años de su vida solicitando su derecho a morir dignamente. Este caso causó gran conmoción en el mundo; su devenir activó los debates sobre la eutanasia en España y el mundo. Ramón Sampedro nació en Xuño, Puerto del Son, el 5 de enero de 1943; a la edad de 25 años sufrió un accidente: cayó en el agua desde una roca y la marea había bajado. El choque de la cabeza contra la arena le produjo la fractura de la séptima vértebra cervical
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MISSION TO MARS Nearly two decades after the Viking was successfully launched and put in Mars, NASA were ready to launch their second major mission to Mars with Mars Observer (MO) at a cost of nearly 1 billion dollars and more than a decade of preparation. This was a complete disaster after the controllers lost contact with the spacecraft three days prior to its deceleration into Mars’ Orbit. The losses incurred were of gigantic proportions and NASA could not afford any more failures. This made
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New Mars Chocolate Factory in Kansas Earlier in July, Mars Incorporated announced plans of building a brand new “state-of-the-art”, 350,000 square feet chocolate manufacturing facility in Topeka, Kansas - the first Mars Chocolate site built in the U.S. in thirty-five years. The new facility, which Mars expects will be completed by late 2013, is expected to create over 1,000 jobs for Kansas residents, according to the company’s estimates. MARS - the world's leading petcare company
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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
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Mars Since the beginning of time, people have looked at a red dot in the sky we call Mars. In the past few generations, humans have been learning more and more about this red dot, Mars. Thousands of years ago, the ancient Romans looked up at the sky and saw this little red dot. The Romans named this planet Mars after the Roman god of war. They named it this because it reminded them of blood, and blood made them think of the roman god of war, Mars. Mars is the 4th planet from the sun, right after
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Pat Mouwdy 0831545 ESS 102 AE The Curiosity Mars Rover has become a Twitter celebrity these past couple years. In the upcoming science-fiction paper, we will be taking a look inside the mind of curiosity to see what his day-to-day life is like on Mars. Specifically, it will discuss Curiosity’s inception, construction, fictitious rise to sentience, journey to Mars, as well as give a glimpse into its first couple years on the Red Planet. The aim of this paper is to explore the technological advancements
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Live On Mars Mars is known as being the red planet in our solar system and for being the fourth planet from the sun. In occasion we ask ourselves what would we need to live on Mars if by any reason Earth is no longer able to sustain us. Well our main concern would be our oxygen; we either need to build a facility with oxygen or figure out another invention in order to be able to breathe on Mars. We not only need a building to help us breathe, but also to be able to keep warm because Mars is known
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Woosh! Down goes the rocket landing on Mars. The main characters in Bradbury's story are Harry and his wife Cora. They had to go to Mars because there was a war on Earth. They thought that it would be a really fun and great idea and always wanted to go. But it did not go as well as they thought it would. However in McDonough’s radio play it was the same thing except they loved it at Mars. In BradBury's story when they get to mars they feel a change however in McDonough's radio play they can feel
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creation was Forrest Mars. M&Ms are nationally popular from regular people to the president. They are so popular that they are stocked on Air Force One. But what makes Mr. Mars truly important is what he has done for the allied troops during World War II by sending tubes of M&M’s overseas to help with the rations. So if he was never born, then millions of people would be lost without their precious chocolate treat and the war might not have turned out for the best. Forrest Mars was born on March 21
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Should Humans Colonize Mars? The article starts off by saying that Mars is inhospitable, and it would require recycling of water, air, and other “life systems” to sustain life on Mars. There is a wish to “terraform” the red planet, making it hospitable for human life, but it would essentially be contaminating the planet. “A human presence on Mars will inevitably change the environment.” the authors goes on to say. Plans are to drop supply depots between the Earth and Mars and on Mars’ surface. The author
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