The purpose of this project was to go further in depth with the different planets and moons that surround our solar system. We partnered up with one of out peer and chose a planet or moon that we wanted to study. The planet that my partner and I decided to choose was Callisto. Once I chose my planet or moon I had to create a science fiction story that involved different characters that were trapped on this planet or where on a mission to explore the planet Callisto. We based this project off of the movie/book The Martian. Throughout this project I had a few difficulties, because I really didn't understand some of the equations that were given to us but I got help from my peers and my teacher, it really helped me out and I enjoyed this project very much.
2028 day 1
Oh where should I start with this story. Oh, yeah well the year was 2028 this year was the year that I had been waiting for since I was a little girl. I was going to ride the U.S.S. Milky Way. They’ve been working on this for many years now and now I will get the opportunity to go on the spaceship they will be sending off to Callisto. One of the biggest moons in the Solar System. Oh I forgot to introduce myself my name is Estrella Lopez. What a coincidence my name means star maybe that's why I’ve liked the stars, moons, and planets all my life. Anyways NASA has been working on this big project they’ve been trying to see if we can use cows to extract the methane gas that they produce and with other components
would fuel the rocket ship. WOW!! Can you believe it Callisto a planet of mystery and wonder. My partner Xandra and I are very excited to be going to Callisto, before you ask how Xandra just randomly popped in my head I feel like it was the right time to introduce her well her name is Xandra. Yeah Xandra with an X she’s been my best friend since we were oh I can’t remember. That long I know!! Well we’ve had the same interest and I think that's why we connected so much. Well yeah she’s going on the ship with me and it's gonna be nice to be stuck with her on a ship for 6 years while our rocket ship guides us to Castillo. We've been getting trained for the past few months now NASA choose two out of 200 people who trained and tried out for this position. Well tomorrow will be the day I go out to space I really don't know how I'll be feeling. Right now I have so much adrenaline but I mean that's right now that can change tomorrow! I don't know we'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow.
2028 day 2
Oh my gosh I woke up late.. It's ok I’ll be fine Xandra probably has everything under control.
2028 day 3
Well I’m here finally I’m so scared that I’m still in my car waiting and praying that everything goes well.
2028 day 3
I’m finally in the building. I’m writing this on my phone while I’m walking to my station where they will suite me up and get ready. My astronaut suit weighs more than me. How can my tiny body sustained all the weight you ask well you see. I’ve been training for this for a very long time now. The way these scientists calculated the ejection of the rocket ship is by calculating the mass of the earth than after that they use the equations Ve= the square root of 2GM divided by R and then they would plug in all the info and get the calculations. Well that was a brief explanation of what goes on in the calculations of launching a rocket. Anyways, they prepare us to be mentally and physically healthy. I know that leaving for more than six years will impact my life very much, I don’t really like to think about that I want to keep on following my dreams and from where I’m seeing it, it's finally becoming a reality. Well I’m finally in the dressing room I’m getting all suite up.. If my story doesn’t continue in my diary that means something went horribly wrong I may have died or something but as soon as I’m up in space I will continue to write about how everything went.
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