Judging Each Other

How would you feel if someone locked their door as you were simply walking by? When we first see someone we look at them to see if they are not sketchy to us. Grouping people can be helpful most of the time, but when done wrong you being to follow stereotypes towards people. In the article “Black Men and Public Space” he talks about how when he walked at night he saw how people were scared of him due to stereotypes. they would lock their car doors as he walks by. People would walk faster or even hold items closer to them so he would not take them. People made him out as a monster as he was just simply walking late at night. Stereotypes should not be a way to think of a person or a certain race. I feel like it holds us all down as people.

Judging a book by it cover

In "Black Men and Public Space", he tells us about how he likes to walk around at night to just reassure himself. but there are risks for him walking at night. He tells us his experiecnces walking at night and passing women who hold on to thier purse or lock their cars while he crosses the street, or simply have a look to get ready for the worst when they pass by him. These women see a Black Man walking at night and assume he's going to harm them. Although he stated that women are proned to be the main target of assults from a young black man at night, he understands why they act the way the do, they are vulnerable. It isnt good to stereotype someone because of something you were told. Although the sterotype may be right in some cases it isnt good to do so because it makes a person feel uncomfortable in their own skin. 

Stereotypes

Although grouping people could help us can get an general idea or thought of who the person is, it can lead to misjudgement and misunderstanding. In the "Black Men and Public Space", a black man is the narrator. He tells us how he experienced a lot of people feeling fear around him. There are many terrible stereotypes on how African Americans go to jail, shot people, rape people, etc. Because of this, society has a bad impression on African Americans even though they are not bad. The narrator would simply walk down the street and people would just pick up there speed and walk faster because they are scared. Some people do fall into the stereotypes, however, some does not. It is not good to judge someone based on dumb stereotypes.

Size of the Solar System.

Humans are attracted to things that are challenging, and that makes life interesting. The size of the Solar system which is approximately 5 million kilometers has always been an attraction for humans. Based on the NASA, since the launch of the Apollo 11 mission on July 16, 1969, the universe has been of interesting for humans. This marked the beginning of a new era that showed that it was possible for humans to go into space. Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. The moon is approximately 384,400 km away from Earth, and it took them four days to land on the moon. Collins stayed in orbit around the moon. He did some experiments and took some pictures. Having this dream come true, added an enormous success in the story because even though the size of the solar system is immense, it does not seem to be an obstacle for humans anymore. After this first launch, different things have been done to continue discovering the solar system.

The Solar System is HUGE!

I don't know about everyone else but going through "If the moon were only 1 pixel" was tiring there were points where I just wanted to skip ahead to the end. And that animation is as accurate as you can get to just how big the solar system really is. I never really thought about the solar system before and how empty it is but wow there so much nothing in the universe its crazy once you start to really think about it and then here we are on planet earth billions of people on one tiny planet. It really can't just be us in the whole solar system right? I am sure we have all had that thought. Humanities role seems so small yet so big at the same time, it is because of the human race that we know there are other planets out there we have discovered so many things outside of our "comfort" zone and with all the technological advances we will continue to discover what lies beyond planet earth.

Humanity's role

Humans are a small speck in the universe. However, the that small speck has a large role to play in it. Humans are now exploring Earth's neighboring planets and space itself to find something new. Exploring and discovering new things are humanity's role in the universe. During the ice age, what we know as the native Americans, walked across the barren straight and explored the what we know as the Americas. Several hundred years later and more well know, Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic sea to find a new path to India. However, Columbus founded the Americas and helped started the colonization of the new world. Humans are curious creatures and because of this discover new things. Humanity's role in this vast universe is to explore and discover new things that no one/nothing else has already discover.

    Space exploration is one of humanities biggest steps in the world of technology. Not only does it symbolize how intellectual of a country we are it also shows a sense power. During that time everyone in the world was trying to get a man to the moon, nations literally spent millions if not billions of dollars and resources and whoever succeeded first was obviously the top dog amongst the other nations. So the reason we spent so much on space exploration was not only to say we were the first nation to get to the moon but also to say we were the  most intellectual,bravest,out going, powerful, and even daring nation in the world too; it was a huge statement of who was really the best.  Without this mark that we left in history we wouldn't be the same nation we are today.

If I had to send information to make other living things out there in space know why the we do so much for space exploration I would send a picture of human evolution. From cavemen to modern man. I would send this to show how here on earth we've developed, how we have changed. I would also send some kind of timeline, all showing some of the most powerful events that have happened here. Such as a picture of Neil Armstrong, and him planting our American Flag on the face of the moon. I would mark the picture with the date of the event. Another thing I  send is a picture of 9/11. I would maybe also send some type of podcast, with all the sounds going on that day. People crying, people screaming, sirens, running- with that the date.

These are some of the things I would send, to let them know why we invest so much into this program, The picture of 9/11 with the podcast- because we need detect aircraft that isn't in the right places. For protection, to prevent things like 9/11 to ever happen again. The picture of Neil Armstrong, to show our achievements, to show how we actually progress-not just NASA but most Americans. I would also send a Beatles Record just for pure enjoyment. :)