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Skylab
<view this essay>.... to vibrations during lift-off. A critical meteoroid
shield ripped off taking one of the craft's two solar panels with it; a piece of
the shield wrapped around the other panel keeping it from deploying.
Skylab was maneuvered so its Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) solar panels faced the
Sun to provide as much electricity as possible. Because of the loss of the
meteoroid shield, however, this positioning caused workshop temperatures to rise
to 126 degrees F. The launch of Skylab 2 was postponed 10 days while NASA
engineers developed procedures and trained the crew to make the workshop
habitable. At the same time, engineers "rolled" Skylab to lower the temperat .....
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Color Blindness
<view this essay>.... to the brain. This conversion is accomplished by two types of receptor cells in the retina called rods and cones do to their shape. The cones are responsible for converting the color. Each cone contains visual pigments that are sensitive to one of three wavelengths of light: red, green and blue. Normally, all colors of the spectrum are able to be matched by mixtures of only three color sensitivities. Therefore, the huge variety of colors we see are a response to different compositions of wavelengths
of light. The rods are responsible for encoding white and black.
results when one or more of the cone cells fail to function properly. One of the visua .....
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Marijuana (simple Essay Without Concution)
<view this essay>.... in the United States from $30 to $120 depending on quality. Sales of cannabis are illegal in the United States but many countries have legalized it because of the medical use of cannabis. Cannabis plants do grow wild in many parts of the world. This plants has been used for thousands of years for medical use only until the 19th century when use of cannabis spread from China and the Middle East to the population of Europe and America. Since that time cannabis became illegal and very popular drug known in all countries.
In some way the affects of the marijuana may be serious. When smoked, the effects of cannabis begin immediately. When eaten the effects ca .....
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Manatees
<view this essay>.... at the physical aspect, these animals are incredibly uncommon,
and like no other creature on earth. These majestic beasts can float across the
water amazingly fast for its size ("Florida Manatee" 1). They can weigh up to a
ton, and get as long as fifteen feet. They are almost devoid of hair, except for
some whiskers on their face, and they have internal ears on the sides of their
head. Their nostrils are closed by valves, so they can accomplish such feats as
flips and quick turns without losing any air. Manatees have no hind legs, but
instead one big, flat, spatula-like tail (Sentman 327). This feature made people
confuse manatees with mermaids for nearly fo .....
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Lift, Weight, Thrust And Drag
<view this essay>.... that limits the speed of the airplane.
Lift is the key aerodynamic force. It is the force that opposes weight. In straight-and-level, unaccelerated flight, when weight and lift are equal, an airplane is in a state of equilibrium. If the other aerodynamic factors remain constant, that airplane neither gains nor loses altitude. When an airplane is stationary on the ramp, it is also in equilibrium, but the aerodynamic forces are not a factor. In calm wind conditions, the atmosphere exerts equal pressure on the upper and lower surfaces of the wing. Movement of air about the airplane, particularly the wing, is necessary before the aerodynamic force of lift bec .....
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The Leaf-Cutting Ants
<view this essay>.... from trees, shrubs and crops, and carry it into the nest, where they cultivate fungi on it. They have been known to denude a tree or ornamental plants in one night. It has been estimated they do $1 billion damage per year in North and South America today, these ants still cause millions of dollars in crop losses in many South American countries. Although primarily an agricultural pest, this insect on occasion may invade the home for cereals. In the United States, the Texas leaf-cutting ant, Atta texana , occurs in Texas and Louisiana. This ant is believed to cause a total yearly loss of $5 million in the United States (unison services. 1998).
There are abo .....
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Into The Depths Of A Black Hole
<view this essay>.... the black hole. It will describe how a black hole is generally formed,
how it functions, and the effects it has on the universe.
In order to understand what exactly a black hole is, we must first
take a look at the basis for the cause of a black hole. All black holes
are formed from the gravitational collapse of a star, usually having a
great, massive, core. A star is created when huge, gigantic, gas clouds
bind together due to attractive forces and form a hot core, combined from
all the energy of the two gas clouds. This energy produced is so great
when it first collides, that a nuclear reaction occurs and the gases within
the star start to burn con .....
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Cloning
<view this essay>.... to, or in favor of the topic here. They
just show where your motivations lie, is your involvement for self fulfillment
or for the good of society? Within the contents of this paper, I will analyze
the elements of individualism and collectivism that exist in the controversial
topic of cloning.
When Dr. Ian Wilmut, a 52-year-old embryologist at the Roslin
Institute in Edinburgh announced on that he had replaced the genetic material of
sheep's egg with the DNA from an adult sheep, and created a lamb (Dolly), the
topic of cloning "created" many new questions of its own. None were as
controversial as: Will they apply this to humans as well? According .....
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