Week 9: Space Exploration and Art

This week’s topic takes us into a field with much interest and curiosity, space. Although the NASA program has experienced recent cutbacks, there is still much exploration and research being done in the field of space exploration. Not only does space exploration allow us to discover new worlds it also develops our technology as well. Therefore we are discovering new technological advancements as we further push the envelope for space exploration. We have to further learn new technological ways to travel to various planets and parts of our galaxy.

We learned how minuscule humans are when taking into consideration the size of the galaxy. We saw through the “power of 10” how small we are compared to earth and the rest of the planets, and it takes a microscopic level to focus on us at a specific geographical location (Marlow 2014). Even on planet earth there are remote areas that still need development and research and the Arctic is a great example. The extreme weather and climate makes it a highly inhabitable place, therefore the Arctic Perspective Initiative is attempting to create a communication system in order to make it a more livable place (Arctic Perspective Initiative 2008).

The Cultural Space Programme is an example that is expanding the field of space but most importantly pushing the boundary of the third culture that was presented earlier in this course (KSEVT 2005). The artists that perform in these space like environments have found a new medium in which they can express themselves. Also, they are recreating the image of space. One typically thinks of space as strictly a scientific field with no room for arts or humanities. However this organization shows us there is much room for other fields other than science. This week is a reminder that there are different ways and fields in which one can express their creativity.

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