1. What is the central idea discussed in the book (what is this book about)?
The book Packing for Mars by Mary Roach is mainly about the science behind how much a human body can take in space. In the summary, written by Roach it quotes, ”Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be a human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can’t walk for a year?” Roach explains the science behind how zero gravity effects humans, or even monkeys, bodies in space. She explores multiple countries and methods during her quest to find out what space really can do to the human body.
2. Give THREE examples that the author provides to support his/her claims.
3. How controversial
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During this book Mary Roach backs up her facts and stories with professionals on the topics. For example, on page 116-117 she cites a transcript: “Herewith the most touching moment in the 1,200-page mission transcript from Apollo 9.” Backing up here motion sickness facts in Chapter 6 the transcript was about on of the astronauts getting sick.. She also uses professionals such as former astronauts of the Soviet Union and United States. Making sure her experiments and her examples were fact-based.
4. What do you think the author wanted you to learn from this book? How could/did the information in this book impact the future? (Are there long-term or short-term consequences to the issues raised in the book? Are they positive or negative, affirming, or frightening?)
The author of this book, Mary Roach, wanted me to learn more about what actually goes on either preparing space, leading experiments, or the dangers of zero gravity in space. She included chapters with the ideas of what would happen if you didn’t shower for a whole month and how Japanese astronauts get chosen to go into space, things I think the average American wouldn’t know. The information in this book could impact the future by informing NASA and other space programs of the limits of what they can and cannot do. The research and experiments in this book could benefit them and sve them the extra time when preparing to go into
reacts to the crosser. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker’s first impression of the swamp
Drifters by Bruce Dawe This poem is about a family that’s always on the move, with no place to settle down for long, hence the poem was titled ‘Drifters’ to describe this family. ‘Drifters’ looks at the members of this family response to frequently change and how it has affected them. This poem is told in third person narration in a conversational tone. This gives the feeling as if someone who knows this family is telling the responder the situation of this family.
What are the important themes of the book? What questions or issues about teaching and learning does it address?
Michael MacDonald’S All Souls is a heart wrenching insider account of growing up in Old Country housing projects located in the south of Boston, also known as Southie to the locals. The memoir takes the reader deep inside the world of Southie through the eyes of MacDonald. MacDonald was one of 11 children to grow up and deal with the many tribulations of Southie, Boston. Southie is characterized by high levels of crime, racism, and violence; all things that fall under the category of social problem. Social problems can be defined as “societal induced conditions that harms any segment of the population. Social problems are also related to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society” (Long). The social problems that are present in Southie are the very reasons why the living conditions are so bad as well as why Southie is considered one of the poorest towns in Boston. Macdonald’s along with his family have to overcome the presence of crime, racism, and violence in order to survive in the town they consider the best place in the world.
issues that the author deal with in the book are a prediction of the future; it can
Diamant has Dinah effectively tell her story from three different narrative perspectives. The bulk of the novel is related by Dinah in first person, providing a private look at growing up and personal tragedy: "It seemed that I was the last person alive in the world" (Diamant 203). Dinah tells the story that she says was mangled in the bible.
also the story that is implied by the author’s emotions and implications. One of the main
After the Bomb written by Gloria Miklowitz is a thrilling novel that takes place before, during, and after a bomb which supposedly was sent from Russia by accident. L.A. and surrounding cities are all altered by the disastrous happening.
In the essay “Everything Now” Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers, author Steve McKevitt blames our unhappiness on having everything we need and want, given to us now. While his writing is compelling, he changes his main point as his conclusion doesn’t match his introduction. He uses “want versus need” (145) as a main point, but doesn’t agree what needs or wants are, and uses a psychological theory that is criticized for being simplistic and incomplete. McKevitt’s use of humor later in the essay doesn’t fit with the subject of the article and comes across almost satirical. Ultimately, this essay is ineffective because the author’s main point is inconsistent and poorly conveyed.
Who is the birthday party a rite of passage for, the birthday boy or his mother?
...e preceding reasons, all college students should read the book. The book will captivate the educated mind, and most importantly, will cause that mind to think and to question why things happen as they do.
Here are some Critical Thinking Questions to help you familiarize yourself with Chapter 2! (This is not an assignment, just an exercise to help you become more comfortable with the chapter).
Since the discovery of powered flight, man has endeavored to test the limits of traveling higher, faster and longer. With the advent of rocket technology in the early 20th century, “higher” came to mean orbiting the Earth, eventually culminating in NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon. “Faster” meant setting record after record of speeds in excess of the sound barrier, with the very same Apollo missions reaching velocities of almost 25,000 miles per hour. “Longer” can currently be summated by the International Space Station (ISS), which has been continually manned for over 13 years; the longest single period of time in space for an individual in that span is 215 days. In the past few decades, many space programs around the world have experienced dwindling national and international interest, mirroring a decrease in funding. However, one aspect of space travel has recently begun to pique the interests of medical professionals in particular- the effects of long duration space travel on the human body. With recent technological advances, long term voyages through the cosmos have leapt from the pages of science fiction and into reality, with several public and private entities- including NASA- planning manned missions to Mars as soon as the year 2030. While that may seem a long way off from the present, research into the effects of extended cosmic voyages on human beings is still in its infancy, especially with regards to the potential effects such a journey might have on the psychological states of astronauts.
Thesis statement: The International Space Station is an artificial satellite made up of pressurized and un-pressurized modules. The ISS serves as a low gravity research laboratory where experiments from the different fields of science are conducted in environments that are very different from those on the Earth.
Anderson, E., Piven, J. & Tito, D. (2005), The Space Tourist's Handbook: Where to Go, What