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WSC SCIENCE Questions and Answers 100%Correct | Updated 2024
In technology terms what is a moonshot? - ANSWER - addresses a huge problem
- proposes a radical solution
- uses breakthrough technology
- attempts to achieve a far-reaching goal with no expectation of profit or benefit, no investigation of
risks, and no clear chance of success
what did polynesians use to navigate? - ANSWER stars
They had no maps, no sextants, no compasses, and they navigated by observing the ocean and sky,
reading the stars and swells.
Which was the first form of global circumnavigation? - ANSWER Sea-craft
The first single voyage of global circumnavigation was that of the ship Victoria, between 1519 and 1522,
known as the Magellan-Elcano expedition
Which form was the first Manned Flight? - ANSWER Hydrogen balloon
The discovery of hydrogen gas in the 18th century led to the invention of the hydrogen balloon, at
almost exactly the same time that the Montgolfier brothers rediscovered the hot-air balloon and began
manned flights.
Supersonic Travelis designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than... - ANSWER the speed of
sound
What does Google X's project calico look at? - ANSWER Extending life
From which space flight journey does the term "Moonshot" derive? - ANSWER Apollo 11
, What made the Vostok 1 spaceflight special in 1961? - ANSWER First manned flight into space
What were Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144 examples of? - ANSWER Supersonic travel
What scientific theory causes "an impairment of autonomy, an inability to think independently, and a
disruption of beliefs and affiliations?". - ANSWER Mind control
The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as... - ANSWER -
inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW) - electronic mail
- telephony
- file sharing.
Other words for 'mind control'? - ANSWER - brainwashing
- reeducation
- brainsweeping
- coercive persuasion
- thought control
- thought reform
Google X"moonshots" since its founding? - ANSWER Waymo (self-driving car)
Loon (Internet carried by balloons)
Wing (Flying vehicle delivery)
The time whenthe United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a Space Race in the 20th
centurycoincided with which of the following war? - ANSWER Cold War
In what year didU.S. President John F. Kennedy deliver thefamous "We choose to go to the moon"
speech? - ANSWER 1961
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