- “Mars One”:
-Watch the video and note down as many things as you can about this mission to Mars.
-Take the quiz to see if you understood the video.
-Find out more about this mission on the Mars One official website
-Click on « Mission » > « Roadmap » and draw a timeline of the Mars One initiative, from 2011 to 2033.
-Click on « Mission » > « Mars One Astronauts »: What are the requirements to be a candidate for Mars One?
-What will be the challenges/risks that the astronauts will encounter?
-How many candidates have been selected so far? Introduce one of them.
[facultative: Space X and http://www.spacex.com/mars]
-Reflect and take down notes
2. Going further than the New Frontier!
-How can you link this project to the ideas of the “Frontier” and the “New Frontier”?
-What similarities can you see between this mission and the “Frontier” / the “new Frontier”?
-Explain what links we can make between this project and the terms “space”/ “spaces”/ “exchange(s)”.
3.Obama and the idea/concept of “Frontiers”:
-What are the five frontiers of innovation for the US right
now?In what fields/domains can the idea of Frontier be found?
1) Use the page to fill in the mind map on
your worksheet and add a few pieces of information.
2) Add a few words and expressions to show
that these frontiers will be linked to different kinds of spaces/places and exchanges (ex for “Interplanetary frontiers”: space/ the Moon/ Mars, …)
3) Use the following document and surf the web to add a few
extra ideas.
[facultative task, at home] Go further: “Final Frontiers”:
https://www.wired.com/tag/final-frontiers/
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/president-obama-guest-edits-wired-essay/