space and art!

Space and art can dates back to the beginning of time because the sky has been the same for centuries. A lot of technology has come out of "space" and earth like the sundial which helps us tell time or "A sundial is a device that tells the time of day by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style onto a surface marked with lines indicating the hours of the day." as well as solar panels which generate energy that help us environmentally. Another great aspect of space would be like the north star which people use to guide them. Of course this is what we can see from earth. Seeing past that and using technology to see vast into space we can see the actual layout of the solar system and even farther which then leads to are like this:

Technological advances have allowed us to explore further into space which provides us with the knowledge that we have today. There is a lot more to explore but seeing how far we've come, it is a big accomplishment. Even humans going into space is a great accomplishment. We now can send artist into space which not only is a great leap for artistic inspiration but also great for records.As explained in the cultural space programme "More than fifty years passed since the first manned spaceflight. Almost six hundred individuals flew to space fulfilling various assignments, however, none of them was an artist with an artistic assignment. After all, art and the humanities are a constitutive human practice. Without them, human society is a mere social biological organism. We think the development of space technology has finally came to a point which enables much more than just technological survival in an environment, unfamiliar to human beings. Space technology and the thought on the subject of human reached a level from which it becomes vital to carry out artistic and humanistic methodology and practice in space." Of course along with the discovery and invention of new technology there are also downfalls like Sputnik which we saw in lecture (good for technological advances, bad for the Cold War). In purposes of advancement as well as art, these steps although fueling the fire gave way to the exploration of space. Sputnik, being the very first satellite to go into space has all aspects of art technology and space involved seeing as it was going into foreign frontier as something never seen before but also artistic in the way that the satellite was meant to look like a star through its reflection.

Through my exploration of technological advances of space technology as well as space art, I found many ideas that are becoming controversial in regards to space exploration. Some of these topics include the amount of money spent of space technology as well as the well being of animals being used for experiments (space included). Space is a huge field that has to be explored and even now has a lot of information to give us even after all we have found.

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 "Sputnik." Sputnik. Web. 1 June 2015.

 "For and Against: Space Exploration." - E & T Magazine. Web. 1 June 2015.