Leaving Earth Flash Fiction: The Tomb of Eris
The purpose of the project was to apply the concepts in physics that we learned to a short story. To inspire our writing we read The Martian by Andy Weir, a book that tells a fictional story through true and accurate science concepts. In order to create my story I first had to research the dwarf planet of interest, Eris. From my research I looked at the writing techniques from The Martian and constructed a first draft. From my first draft I got critique and updated my draft accordingly. From this project I learned about the possibilities of applying what we learn in class to the real world. I also learned about concepts of gravitation, kinematics, and energy. I think that space travel in general is very important. I believe in funding programs like NASA federally because the future of the human race may rely on it.