In Science class we are studying the universe. Unlike any other class I've taken before, this is not a repetition of past classes where the same information is repeated over and over again. I think I can even save my notes from one year and use them in next year's science class, and everything would be the same. This class on the other side, is a completely new view of learning. The teacher is not teaching us the same old diagram of the solar system, and giving us the definition of black holes, and telling us we are the only planet with any life that will ever exist. No. In fact, the whole point of this unit is trying to discover if there can be life on other planets!! As we go through the class, I wonder if there could possibly exist life on other planets, and if we will ever discover it during my lifetime. I remeber when I was in Elementary School, I used to think about little green people that would attack Earth one day, but I ca
me to think it was impossible that there could be life on other planets. After all, the universe outside our atmosphere seems so hostile and barren, and its scary to think there could be other creatures living out there. Anyhow, this thought, which is common in many other people, has to disappear if we are going to look into the future and find things that could blow us off with impression. After all, technology has taken a huge leap in the past fifteen years. So many missions are going to space and discovering fascinating things, like water in Europa, and elements of life in Titan. With all of these innovations, it would be sad to think that in 30 years they don't make a breakthrough. It is a little arrogant to think we are the only living planet across this massive universe that is millions of light years wide. I just hope they hurry up and find the question that has bugged humanity for most of its history.
This page has alot of interesting information on the Cassini mission to Saturn's moons, and other interesting information on space exploration. Who knows, maybe they'll find something interesting
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
me to think it was impossible that there could be life on other planets. After all, the universe outside our atmosphere seems so hostile and barren, and its scary to think there could be other creatures living out there. Anyhow, this thought, which is common in many other people, has to disappear if we are going to look into the future and find things that could blow us off with impression. After all, technology has taken a huge leap in the past fifteen years. So many missions are going to space and discovering fascinating things, like water in Europa, and elements of life in Titan. With all of these innovations, it would be sad to think that in 30 years they don't make a breakthrough. It is a little arrogant to think we are the only living planet across this massive universe that is millions of light years wide. I just hope they hurry up and find the question that has bugged humanity for most of its history.This page has alot of interesting information on the Cassini mission to Saturn's moons, and other interesting information on space exploration. Who knows, maybe they'll find something interesting
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
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