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Movie Analysis
Interstellar (2004)

Name: Clifford B. Laudencia . Date: March 26, 2019 .

Year and Section: STEM 12-D _______. Subject: _______________________

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1. In 10-15 sentences, write a synopsis of the story.

 A team of explorers must find the human race a new home after earth is struck
with worldwide food shortages and corn is the most valuable food. Utilizing a
mysterious wormhole they explore strange new worlds and could find a home to
save the human race. Murphy's Law suggests that "whatever can go wrong, will
go wrong." Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, plays with the idea space exploration,
time and gravity as Earth and the human race is on the verge of extinction. NASA's
last hope looks to Coop, Brand, Romilly and Tars under the direction of Professor
Brand to search for answers in the deepest corners of space while dealing with
Murphy's Law. Coop leaves behind his family in search of new horizons as
Christopher Nolan explores the eternal bonds of love between a father and his
daughter. In Earth's future, a global cop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly
rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Bland, a brilliant NASA physicist, is
working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new
home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper and
a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out
which of three planets could be mankind's new home.

2. Cite some technological advancement in the study of the outer space that was made
possible by science, engineering and mathematics.
 Interstellar Spaceflight is one of the technological advancement in the study of
the outer space that was made possible by science, engineering and
mathematics. Spaceflight is the use of space technology to achieve the flight of
spacecraft into and through outer space. Spaceflight is used in space exploration,
and also in commercial activities like space tourism and satellite
telecommunications.

3. Do you think other planets can really support life? Why or why not?
 Other planets can really support life. A researchers find out that a series of
missions to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn has revealed their potential to harbor
life. Nina Notman looks to the skies after a series of mission failures, July 1965
saw the first successful flybys of Mars. The US Mariner 4 became the first
spacecraft to take close up pictures of another planet, beaming 22 images of the
 impact-cratered Martian surface back to Earth. Since then, more than 20
successful missions have explored the red plant’s atmosphere and surface. By
telescopes, both on earth and in space – we now know that billions of years ago,
Mars had the three critical ingredients for life. It had an abundance of the
chemical building blocks, liquid water on its surface and an energy source
(volcanic activity) to power the chemical reactions that make life possible (on
Earth that energy source is the sun). Today, the inhospitable surface of Mars is
thought to be unsuitable for life, but the possibility of life existing deep beneath
its frozen surface hasn’t been ruled out. To date though, no evidence of life –
ancient or otherwise – has been found. Mars being habitable, it turns out, doesn’t
mean it actually has a habitat.

4. What is your opinion in sending humans rather than robots in space exploration?
 The most recent footprints on the moon are 40 years old, and the next artificial
mark on the lunar surface will probably be made by a robot's wheels rather than
human soles. Many space scientists, engineers and politicians argue that this is a
good thing. Most astronomers will tell you that virtually anything a human can do
on another planet, a robot can do, only cheaper and without the risk of losing a
life. But the battle between humans and robots for the starring role in the next
chapter of space exploration is not yet settled. "In what was really only a few days
on the lunar surface, the Apollo astronauts produced a tremendous scientific
legacy," said planetary scientist Ian Crawford of Birkbeck College in London,
author of a paper in the April issue of Astronomy and Geophysics. "Robotic
exploration of the moon and Mars pales in comparison." Robots have done all the
recent planetary exploration in the solar system. In past decades, rovers, landers,
and orbiters have visited the moon, asteroids and comets, every planet in the
solar system and many of their moons as well. But how does their work compare
to that of human astronauts?

5. What important insight did you gain from the movie that can help you succeed in your
future career as a STEM student?
 The important insight that I gain from the movie that can help me succeed in my
future career as a STEM student is that nothing is impossible if you are believe
into something. We can do all things when you believe in yourself and with the
help of others. I also realize that good communication is very important.