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What is astronomy?
Astronomy is the study of celestial objects and phenomena.
What are some examples of cosmic phenomena?
Nebula, Wormhole, Supernova, Magnetar, and Meteors.
Why is Huntsville called the "Rocket City"
Huntsville became home base for Wernher von Braun's German rocket team following a move from Ft.
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What’s my favorite exercise?
Running out of patience.
Who discovered cosmic background radiation?
Discovered by Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
Explains how the universe began 13.7 billion years ago
What is the name of the NASA facility located in Huntsville, Alabama?
Marshall Space Flight Center
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because it had places to be.
What’s my sleep schedule?
A suggestion, not a schedule.
Describe Edwin Hubble's discovery of redshift and its significance.
Edwin Hubble used Christian Doppler’s research on redshift. Redshift indicates that galaxies are moving away from us.
Explain the evidence for the Big Bang Theory.
Hubble's discovery in the 1920s of a relationship between a galaxy's distance from Earth and its speed.
Evaluate the economic and societal impact of Huntsville's role as the "Rocket City" on the local community and the state of Alabama.
Planning to learn more about space and spaceships.
What’s my biggest talent?
Procrastinating professionally.
What’s my relationship with money?
It comes to me, then immediately leaves.
Explain the difference between space probes and telescopes.
Space probes carry machines into space to make measurements that cannot be made on Earth.
Compare and contrast different types of galaxies.
Astronomers have previously observed dead galaxies in the early universe, but this galaxy is the oldest yet – just 700 million years after the Big Bang, more than 13 billion years ago.
Predict the future advancements and contributions that Alabama could make in the field of space exploration.
Help explore more space.
What do I do when I’m bored?
Make myself even more bored somehow.
What’s my brain doing at 3 AM?
Replaying something embarrassing from 4 years ago.
Discuss the ethical considerations of space exploration missions.
Space debris mitigation, the militarization of space, and the ethics of SETI and METI
Predict how the universe might have evolved differently if the Big Bang had occurred differently.
Gravity caused gas and dust to form galaxies, stars, planets, and more.
Imagine you are a future astronaut from Alabama. Write a personal reflection on your journey to space, highlighting the significance of Alabama's contributions to your mission.
It was super cool looking but super lonely, but super fun too.
What’s my toxic trait?
Saying “I’m fine” when I’m very obviously not fine.
What’s my life plan?
Figure it out later. 😭