Effects of Astrophysics on society? (1 Viewer)

[Yellow]

i can't really see any real great impact on the effect astrophysics holds on society. can you?

maybe.. perhaps, finding out that space wasn't the heavens. but that's about it i guess. oooh, and all the science fiction movies out about black holes and space travel. but that's nothing. am i missing something here?

 

[1234567]

hm...
1. greater understanding of our existance, where we are from, etc
2. philosophycal and religious perspective - we are in significant and we are not the center, thus changes the perspective of viewing our place in the universe as a whole
3. scientic view. knowing the features of the moons and sun etc allow us to utilize htem in predicing weather and things like solar winds and etc

 

[BlackJack]

following on from 1234567's 2):

A turn towards eastern religions and old pagan ones as a remedy to fill that blow to ego. The apparent insignificance has revolutionised the life of society. Contributed to post-modernism... yadda, yadda, yadda...

they seems to have stopped counting posts too... This is real *pro bono work*

 

[1234567]

i remember we had to do this for our journal in our school
and we' suppose to research it though
i just bullcrapped abou tit, and hey i got full marks!
hahaha......

 

[superhubert]

there have been other spin-offs from space too remmeber, microwave ovens for one......dervelopments of advanced propolsion systems. don't forget ego expansion and the cold war/space race..... and if youre talking about the elective topic, this about the origins of the universe, projected life of our sun and destruction of earth,)perspective chenge-theres that english shit again) determining stellar distances origin of elements, nuclear reactions, an understanding of LIGHT, life in other worlds....just rattle shit off the top of your head......

 

[kate@bangas]

the research they put into building the equipment etc has contributed to society, ef TEFLON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i think it was for this dotpoint!)