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 * ===The Age of Exploration===

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1. **The invention of maritime technologies that allowed sailors to master treacherous and unfamiliar ocean environments is what really allowed for the Age of Exploration to occur. If you wanted to extend the Age of Exploration into outer space, what new space technology would need to be invented so that human beings could travel to other planets and solar systems?**=====

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To travel to other planets and solar systems, we should make, for example, a device that could produce oxygen, instead of oxygen tanks or a device that could fill the oxygen tank back up. Another new device that could be helpful for space traveling would be a gravity-generating machine. It could be built in the spaceship so that the astronauts could stay on the floor of the spaceship when they leave Earth. =====

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 * 2. Think of some of the fears that existed amongst people during the 15 & 16th century when it came to sailing the open seas (monsters, boiling waters, falling off the edge of the Earth). Identify some of the fears that other people might have today if you had to convince them of traveling into the far reaches of outer space. What would you have to say or do to convince people that their fears are unwarranted and that they will be safe?**=====

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Some fears that people might have are the fear of dying, of course, especially when they're away from their own //planet//. Also, people probably have the fear of pain and getting hurt from doing something new a nd dangerous. A way to convince people people is giving them evidence that they will be safe. For example, give evidence of how most of the space-travel g roups had succeeded without anyone being harmed. =====

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 * 3. Both Columbus and Magellan had a h ard time finding someone to pay for their trips. If it wasn't for the Spanish monarchy, these men would never have been able to afford the financial cost of their adventures on their own. Finding someone to pay for your space expedition is going to be tricky too. Where would you go to gain the funding you need to pay for your space exploration trip? What would you say to the leaders of that nation to convince them of the benefits your expedition would have for their country? ** =====

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For funding support, I'd have to go to someone with a lot of money, since it will cost //a lot// of money for a space exploration trip. I can't just have my family for support. I'd go to the government for funding. Convincing them could be another problem, I'd convince them by showing them all the benefits if this space traveling succeeds and proving that I can succeed by showing the government all the things I did in order to make this trip succeed. Also, I'd have to promise them that I'd give them any information and data that are new. =====


 * ===Developing Southern Colonies===

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I would volunteer for this mission because I would like to find out new things from other planets and see things that I have never seen before. Also, I'd like to meet new people, well, aliens, with different cultures (?) than us. It would be a great opportunity for me to visit outer space too. I've always wanted to see what the outer space looks like for real. =====

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I suppose people who are very curious would join this mission, since they'd want to see the newly found aliens. People who like to have adventures would also volunteer for this trip, because it would be a fun and thrilling adventure that most people don't really have. Maybe people who are interested in science fiction (including me) would join this mission, because it would be like the stories they read coming to real life! Especially with the aliens, it would be a great chance for them to see something that they have only imagined of. =====

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People would earn knowledge and information. Also, they would gain great experience that is not all that common and maybe a greatest story of their life! Not only that, they'd believe in aliens after this mission and probably some other things they didn't believe before. =====

**4.What, if anything could go wrong?**
If anything goes wrong, like the spaceship starts breaking apart and we run out of oxygen, or those aliens aren't friendly AT ALL and start shooting us with a laser gun and use our brains as experiment subjects and try to take over Earth, first I'd panic, or course. Then, I'd try to find a way out of the trouble, and if I can't I'd leave a message for my family and try to stay positive and give hope to my other crew until the end.

**5.What technological advances would have to occur before this could actually happen?**
Before this could actually happen, there will have to be various technological advances. For example, scientists would have to develop thing such as a communicator or translator in order for us to talk and tell who we are to the aliens. Also, a weapon that we could use against the aliens would be a good idea, since scientists can't be totally sure if the aliens want to be friendly with us or not.