Week 9 | Space
Ideo Design Thinking. Power of Ten stills. The “Powers of Ten” video clip made me feel simultaneously insignificant and remarkable. At one end of the spectrum, human beings are an invisible and unnoteworthy mechanism within one of many galaxies from a view of a thousand to millions of light years away. However, the other extreme of the spectrum zooms into the human body to a single atom core and uncovers the invisible mechanisms that keep us functioning. I think this video generates an amazing sensation from its viewers due to the sheer scale of representation which forces the viewer to position themselves in the universe. Laika the Dog. NASA. Another thought provoking video stemmed from the coverage of Russia’s Sputnik launch and subsequent launch that call into questions of ethics. For instance, one of the earlier launches into outer space contained living organisms including animal species such as dogs. The dog subject had restricted mobility and did not survive the trip due to...
