Week 9: Space + Art
Week 9: Space + Art Even though I am not really that into space exploration (simply because I would be too scared to travel in a rocket) this lecture really opened my eyes and made me realize that space exploration is the future of our generation. Just like the internet was discovered, peaked around 1994, and changed human life, this is what is happening with space projects and exploration. Satellites flying across the space Something that really struck me was how Professor Vesna mentioned that the “space race” started because of America and Russia’s ongoing competition during the Cold War. Because there was so much competition between both countries, they both developed incredible spacecrafts that eventually took the first men to space and to the moon. Now, like she mentioned, in the long-term this space race changed everything about everybody, it changed the way humans saw and learned about space. Most importantly, it brought space into pop culture, portrayin...
