The Hubble Space Telescope

Payden Farnsley
Junior Division
Website
Process Paper: 467 words

For my history fair project, I have chosen to do research on the Hubble

Space Telescope. I narrowed down my subject from my interests in space and the
engineering that goes with it, because I have great interest in space and what is
beyond what we know. I find the Hubble Telescope interesting because this special
telescope finds new areas of space every day. My thesis statement follows: The
exploration of the great universe by NASA with their space telescopes and other
useful objects in space is a new way for finding new things to help humans live
farther, learn about the universe that the High One created, and learn about what is
out there to help us prepare for the future.
I conducted my research from many different sources, all of them websites. I
took them from sources like NASA.gov, encyclopedia.org, hubblesite.org, and
Britannica Online. I cited these sources onto my NoodleTools account, and I put
these sources on my website, pbf-spacExploration.weebly.com.
I selected the website category to present my project and research. I chose
this because over the past two years that I have participated in history fairs, I have
chosen a documentary and a website, and I really enjoyed making the website. I
enjoy making websites to inform the public on what they dont know, or adding
information on what they already know. I have made multiple websites on weebly,
and I am familiar with the set up. I find a website more interesting over a
documentary, but both entail a lot of time and effort.

My project relates to the annual National History Day (NHD) theme,

Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange in history, for multiple reasons. My topic
relates to Exploration, because that is what this orbiting device is made to do,
explore space beyond what has been seen up until now. This topic relates to
Encounter because of the exploration of what is beyond us. We never know when
we will encounter another planet that can support life. As stated in my thesis
statement, useful objects in space is a new way for finding new things to help
humans live farther... I mainly used this part of my thesis as evidence to back up
Encounter, because when most people think of space, the first thing that comes to
their mind is not encounter. Lastly, my topic relates to Exchange because everyone
that works in the field of space exploration or space engineering knows that the
United States of America is not the only nation in the world that is exploring space.
The Hubble telescope was built by the United States, but there are thousands of
other satellites that were not. We exchange findings from Hubble and other space
telescopes with other countries in the world. This is how my topic relates to the
NHD theme.