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Monday, 16 December 2019

SLJ week 1 day 2

For today's project, I will be writing a poem about how I think it would feel to be on the moon.
NASA Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth moon on December 7, 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin.
If life gives you lemons make lemonade
if you don't like the flavor then give it away
the smile you will receive will lighten your mood
kindness is a zippy weightlessness,
like walking on the moon!

AS12-46-6726 (19 Nov. 1969) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of the Lunar Module (LM) to join astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., mission commander, in extravehicular activity (EVA). While astronauts Conrad and Bean descended in the LM "Intrepid" to explore the Ocean of Storms region of the moon, astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Yankee Clipper" in lunar orbit.



to the left, we have a picture of the Apollo 12 mission. and above a picture of the moon, you can really see the craters here!

photo credit:https://images.nasa.gov/search-results?q=moon&page=1&media=image&yearStart=1920&yearEnd=1975

3 comments:

  1. Kia Ora Alexandra,

    Wow Alexandra, you’ve written an incredible poem. Have you ever considered becoming a poet? You have quite a way with words. I also like how you’ve dispersed the text with images to break it apart and appeal to your readers. I particularly appreciate your explanation of what is happening in the pictures! You have done a stellar job.

    Wouldn’t it be cool to be on the moon and weightless? I’ve always wanted to experience zero-gravity, it’s actually on my bucket list. Nowadays you can even go in a plane and experience true weightlessness. They do this by flying the plane up and down in the sky super fast, almost in a zig-zag formation. The sharp turns mean you float in the plane because gravity can’t pull you down to the floor. I think it would be an incredible experience, a bit like flying. What are some things you would like to experience? I would also like to go to space and travel to England.

    Perhaps next time when you link a photo credit, you could do so in a hyperlink. This would make the link a little bit neater for your blog. Follow these easy steps to create a hyperlink yourself..

    Mā te wā
    Shannon

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  2. hi Shannon
    i don't really want to be a poet when i grow up a would absolutely love to be a paramedic i think that it would be such a rewarding and amazing courier! That is so amazing how humans can now feel weightlessness without having to make a big commitment being an astronaut i would love to do that someday, I would imagine it would feel very calm and peaceful. i would also love to experience weightlessness, a really big zip-line/ropes course and teaching first aid.
    -Alex

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    1. Kia Ora Alex,

      A paramedic is an amazing career! It would be so rewarding. That explains how you became a St John’s cadet (from your previous post). How cool that you get to experience what that line of work entails. You must be incredibly driven and motivated.

      I agree, becoming an astronaut involves a lot of hard work, so it’s cool that there is another way to experience zero-gravity without having to leave the Earth’s gravitational orbit. When I was little I wanted to be an astronaut, but I was a bit scared of the machines that test you in different g-forces. They put you in a seat, strap you in, and spin you really fast. I’m not a big fan of spinning so I wasn’t sure I’d like that part. I do think it would be marvellous and otherworldly to see the earth from space though. Imagine taking a photo, you’d be the only human in existence not in that picture. How cool is that.

      Zip-lines and rope courses are so cool. I did an amazing one in Australia a few years back and it ended with a super long flying fox. I love adventure courses like those, they’re both fun and adrenaline filled. Definitely something I need to do more of!

      Perhaps you could assist in some first aid training courses. I imagine you’ve done a few of them. What are some of the things you have learnt in them?

      - Shannon

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