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The paper describes the geology of the moon as determined by samples brought back from the moon and gravitational and magnetic studies carried out by the Apollo and Lunar Prospector missions. It describes the types of minerals found on the moon, and how the various geologic features were formed.

Tags:ferroan anorthocites, basalts, KREEP, magma

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This paper analyzes the history of illusions and the effect they have had on the intellectual development of the western world. The paper discusses the roots of the problem of the moon allusion in philosophy and the crossover into psychology. An outline is presented of what the moon illusion is, illustrating the issues of size and distance of the moon. The paper provides some of the common responses to the moon allusion by people like Baird and Wagner, Kaufman and Rock, Parks, and Reed. The implications for both science and philosophy for the various outcomes achieved by the researchers are examined.

From the Paper
"Open up any philosophical text, from the elementary textbook, Does the Center Hold? by Donald Palmer to the Oxford History of Western Philosophy. The first entry in the book will be Socrates. Even as far back as that, and probably further back than that, people have been concerned with the problems of perception. Idealism, realism, skepticism. How do we know what we know when the world can change so frequently, so fast. If our senses sometimes deceive us, and they tend to deceive us often, how can we rely upon them to tell us about the outside world. Perhaps it was when these questions were first posed that the science of psychology was first born."

Tags:astronomy, optical, geometric, speed, light, gestalt, mirror, distance

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This paper discusses the geology of the Alps, a system of mountains in Europe. The author provides a short historical background on the Alps region taking note of the various natural hazards that have affected the mountains. The paper also examines the complex geology of the region and looks into global warming and geologically historical events such as the continental collision of oceanic volcanic islands and earthquakes to help classify the mountains.

From the Paper
"Orogeny is being produced by plate tectonic events that happened during the early years of the world. This process could take tens of millions of years. A major part of the Alpine orogen consists of pre-Mesozoic basement units. It can easily be distinguished from the mountain range because it is characterized as long, thin, and arcuate tracks of rocks which show a pronounced linear structure resulting in blocks of deformed rocks. The rocks are separated by a break in the earth's crust, which was believed to be the result of compressional forces. The plate tectonic origin was a major breakthrough and was relatively one among the many scientific concepts which provided explanations to the occurrence of earthquake and volcanic eruptions."

Tags:global warming, geotechnology mountains

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The following paper will look at heathenism and at its collision in the twentieth century with the "new-age" Christianity of Sun Myung Moon. The paper will specifically explore the history of "heathenism" within Korea during the pre-modern period (and right up to the dawn of the twentieth century) and the impact that heathenism had upon the culture of that land - to say nothing of the obvious religious effects. From there, the paper will take time to examine the unification church of Sun Myung Moon and its impact upon Korea and the world at large. In the final analysis, Christianity - like the "heathen" religions which preceded it - exercised a powerful influence upon Korean history and Mr. Myung Moon has, in some important respects, come to be the "second coming" of the old Christian missionaries.

From the Paper
Christian heterodoxy: Heathenism and Sun Myung Moon The following paper will look at heathenism and at its collision in the twentieth century with the "new-age" Christianity of Sun Myung Moon. The paper will specifically explore the history of "heathenism" within Korea during the pre-modern period (and right up to the dawn of the twentieth century) and the impact that heathenism had upon the culture of that land - to say nothing of the obvious religious effects. From there, the paper will take time to examine the unification church of Sun Myung Moon and its impact upon Korea and the world at large. In the final analysis, Christianity - like the "heathen" religions which preceded it - exercised

Tags:christian, heterodoxy, heathenism

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The paper relates that the Saturnian moon of Titan is interesting, in that while it is a moon, it has many characteristics of a planet, and in a sense, is similar to earth. The paper describes the composition and atmosphere of Titan, its surface and the information about the moon that has been gained via the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.

Outline:
Titan
Composition and Atmosphere
Cassini Huygens Spacecraft
The Surface
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, the name of which find its origins in Greek mythology, in the legend of the Titans, which include Cronus, Saturn in Roman mythology and thereby more relevant. Titan is the only moon in the solar system known to have clouds and a dense atmosphere. It was discovered through the use of a telescope in 1655 by the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens during an exploration of the endless wonders of the night sky. His discover of Titan was the first planetary satellite to be found following the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, and in and of itself was quite substantial. (EB 1) Should one look to the moon from an earth-based telescope, the moon possesses a brownish color with a light red tint and looks primarily flat and featureless, due to the clouds of the atmosphere mentioned above."

Tags:planet, atmosphere, methane, surface, Cassini-Huygens, spacecraft

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This paper discusses the moon imagery in Shelley's novel and as it relates to her personal life. By associating these ideas of nature, society and man with their respective symbols of the moon, societal traits and the monster, Shelley connected the story of "Frankenstein" to her life. It shows how the moon is used to pinpoint important ideas of "Frankenstein" in relation to the popular opinions during Shelley's time and to indicate her personal connection to characters in the story.

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"The Romantic authors considered nature to be pure, void of corruption by society. Although society caused corruption, individuals, at birth, were also pure entities. These ideas existed before the Romantic era, delineated by John Locke during the late seventeenth century. Locke addressed a hypothetical situation: "man in the state of nature." He concluded that, before despoiled by society, man's mind is a "tabula rasa" or blank slate (Palmer 307). The monster, when he initially emerges from Frankenstein's house, is the perfect embodiment of purity. When the monster discovers the moon, he exists in a world of indistinct chaos, feeling only "light, hunger, and thirst, and darkness" (Shelley 88). The monster's elemental existence is a reproduction of the ideas of man's untainted state at birth."

Tags:nature, light, monster

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This paper analyzes William Least Heat Moon's "Blue Highways", which is an account of his journey along the back roads of the United States. The papers relates that Heat Moon's writing style is so compelling that the reviewer feels as if he is riding along in the passenger seat. A central theme of the story is that, even in Heat Moon's search for his ancestral roots, the only thing that is constant is change.

Table of Contents:
The Adventure
Change: A Constant Theme Throughout
From Beginning to End and Past to Present

From the Paper
"It seems that the looming issues in Heat Moon's life were a major influence on his decision to set out on this journey. After losing his wife to another man and losing his job, he decided to head out on a search for forgotten parts of America and the American experience by traveling the old back roads through old towns. This is an attempt to see passed the superficial nature of modern American culture by connecting with himself and nature by admiring idyllic, and not so idyllic, landscapes."

Tags:change, ancestral roots, connections messages courage

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This paper discusses one of the most important and nation altering events to occur in the 1960s, the Apollo astronaut program, specifically, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren's successful walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. It analyzes how space flight stimulated the nation's growth in myriad ways. It looks at the many technological advances came from the Mercury and Apollo programs and beyond, from lightweight metal alloys to smaller and smaller computer guidance systems which eventually turned into desktop computers so extremely prevalent in the world today. It evaluates how if we had not gone to the moon, our lives today might be much different and so would many of our institutions. Space flight stimulated technological growth, national pride and the notion that we can still "reach for the stars."

From the Paper
"First came the Mercury project, where America put men in space. On May 5, 1961, Major Alan Shepard, a Naval academy graduate and test pilot, climbed aboard the Freedom 7 capsule atop a Redstone rocket and became the first American in space. Shepard's flight was sub orbital and lasted only 15 minutes, but it showed America we could still be vital in the space race (which the Russians were winning at the moment), and it kindled spirit and passion in the minds of Americans. The Mercury program ran from 1958 to 1963, and satisfied all its objectives. The Gemini flights between 1965 and 1966 were designed to transition between the Mercury exercises and the Apollo moon missions. The Gemini flights were to teach us how maneuver a spacecraft by maneuvering it in orbit, rendezvousing in space, docking with other vehicles, perfecting methods of entering the atmosphere, and landing at a preselected point on land."

Tags:mercury, apollo, space, flight

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This paper examines and analyzes the feasibility of colonizing the moon. The discussion includes the kinds of technology colonists would need to establish a permanent presence on the Moon, what they would need to survive, and what commercial aspects would be involved.

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This paper describes the history of human observation of Mars, as well as the modern system of exploration and observation. The paper goes on to establish promotions and objections of future human development of Mars, as it would be accomplished through a process of terraforming.

Outline:
Physical Characteristics
History of Observation of Mars
Modern Martian Exploration
The 'Life on Mars' Debate
The Moons of Mars
Martian Geology
Terraforming Mars

From the Paper
"Mars, Ares, Tiw, the god of war; the red planet has been revered as the bringer or bloodshed with its red color in the sky, like the color of blood. The planet adjacent to Earth has been an object of mystery and wonder from the time the first human turned his head skyward, to the time when the first telescope was used to observe Mars and its mysterious "canals," to the present day, as humans continue to send spacecraft to the red planet to expand on existing knowledge."

Tags:Red, Planet, Terraforming, Space, Life