As far as my final project is concerned, i don't really have many ideas for it apart from an essay. Perhaps i will decide on something more interesting but at the moment an essay seems like the most logical choice.
After the meeting on balancing our research and using a variety of sources, I began to think about where i will be getting my information from. It's true that my information will be from predominantly secondary sources. If i could go to Mars to do an experiment about the suitability of life there, i would have already partly answered my question. Not that it really matters, its rather unlikely ill be there soon. Much of my information will be coming from magazine articles and interviews of scientists.
HOWEVER, i have had a eureka moment about an experiment that i can do. Using a clinostat in biology i can negate the effects of gravity. It works by spinning vertically so that gravity is averaged over 360 degrees, but at a slow pace to avoid a centralpetal force. Then i can put something in it. What that will be remains to be finalized. Obviously im not going to keep a human spinning for weeks. Although perhaps i can use colonies of bacteria or germinating plants, and see if this micrgravity environment affects their reproduction and respiration. Of course a bacteria is massively different to a human, but the core processes of life will still be similar, and perhaps i will be able to gain some knowledge from the experiment and attempt to apply it to our species. I have asked Mr Milne about doing this at some point in the future and he says that it sounds like a good idea.
Oh, and i bought a Buzz Aldrin App on my ipod about space science. Constantly Making Progress.
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