Entry # 17 - June 1 2014

NASA to test giant Mars parachute on Earth

Oscar Qi
June 1 2014
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/nasa-to-test-giant-mars-parachute-on-earth-1.2661367

The NASA now builds a giant parachute that can land the spaceship on the Mars.  It is going to be tested on Earth. Many years from now, humans have sent many robotic instruments into mars and it was successful. But in order to send astronauts there, they will need a parachute to protect the astronauts from landing. Otherwise by the time the astronauts get there they will be turning into juice and pies already if you get want I’m saying. The idea is that when the weather is nice, the Agency will shoot the parachute 4 times the speed of sound into the atmosphere, and the viewers with internet can watch this wonderful moment. The Engineers do not expect success for the first time trying. However, if they got the data, they said they will be really happy, maybe just for their salary.

 

Step by step, people are closer and closer to the space traveling and space immigrating. This is very exciting as we which human move forward. 100 before we just invented the airplanes, but now, we are able to plan for where are we going to go. I hope the engineers really planned for what are those astronauts going to do when they get there. It’s going to be a boring time. Also, how can they go back? Or they just wouldn’t come back? Even though, if I ever got an opportunity, I would love to anticipate in something like this. This is so cool. I really looking forward to what is going to happen, will humans actually sleep on mars?

Entry # 16 - June 1 2014

Bodies of 6 Mount Rainier climbers may not be recovered

Oscar Qi
June 1 2014
CBC news: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bodies-of-6-mount-rainier-climbers-may-not-be-recovered-1.2661257

There are 6 people who went to climb Mount Rainer and likely fall down from 1000 meters high and likely they were died and buried. But sadly, there is no way to find their bodies, because at that altitude and conditions, it’s not worth to put another’s person’s life in danger to hopefully find anyone alive down there. They received some signal from the equipment of the climbers. But it’s unclear what were they doing during the accident. An avalanche or a rock fall may cause them to fall. The signal is coming from under snow, which means that they are buried under the ground. This makes the recovery of the bodies even more difficult. This mountain is a very dangerous mountain; many climbers have lost their lives during way to the top.

 

This is very sad, my dad has a friend who actually was a very famous mountain climber, and fell to his death during a mountain climbing event. It was supposed to be an easy and relaxing one, however, he took it too lightly, and he fell to his death. Now, there is 6 people repeated what my dad’s friend did again. They tried to climb to this dangerous mountain with the most challenging route, and got themselves killed.  My dad loves mountain climbing as well, and he said it’s worth it to climb and challenge himself even with the risk of life. Actually I don’t care about what challenging and what the meaning of life that he’s talking about, all I care about is that whatever he do is good for the family.

Entry # 15 - June 1 2014

B.C. randonneur cyclist shot during Cache Creek 600

Oscar Qi
June 1 2014
CBC news: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-randonneur-cyclist-shot-during-cache-creek-600-1.2661218

On the last Sunday morning, a 59 years old Burnaby man was shot during a bicycle event. The location of this assassination took place south of Spence Bridge on highway 1. It happened about 1 am. The Police officers think that the assassin fled by a pickup truck after fire at this person. Burnaby man is now in a hospital and in a stable condition. The cyclist takes part in a 600 kilometer event, which is supposed to be finished in 2 days. The location is around the Spence Bridge.

I think this is a very good time to test the efficiency of the police officer. It will not be an easy job to find out who is the murder. The murderer happened in 1 a.m., which means that there will not be many witness out there. The information that polices get is very limited. They are only guessing that there is a pickup truck for the murderer. But since the victim is now in a good condition and stabilized, hopefully the police officer will able to get some information or clues from the victim. But why is he cycling in 1 a.m.? If I am him I will rather find an inn and get rest for tomorrow. Also, the event should have more police around the trail, in case of the murderer like this ever happen again.