Unit 9: Space + Art

The universe is undoubtedly filled with mysteries that boggle the human mind. Along with these mysteries, the universe contains beautiful creations. At night, one can look up into the sky and witness the amazing stars glittering across the universe. Telescopes allow for better views and deeper insight into what lays beyond what the eye can see. For example, Mars is quite the sight to see through a telescope. Being able to see something at such a far distance up close, is special to many people. If you're lucky enough, you can see the clouds on mars hovering above.

One aspect of space that I personally find jaw dropping are the northern lights in Iceland. The green waves rolling across the sky would be such a unique experience. Interestingly, the Northern Lights are caused by collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere. This is natural art at its finest in my opinion and would love to see this astounding sight one day.

What makes the artistic aspect of space so amazing is that it brings together everything else we have learned in lectures such as robots. The inventions and technological breakthroughs in the world of aerospace is incredible. These inventions are art, mathematics, and robotics at its finest. One recent breakthrough was the Bigelow expandable activity module which is basically an inflatable space house. This new tool can be used to make space trips much easier and convenient for space goers.
I find it stunning how far society has come with intelligent minds finding new inventions almost everyday.





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