Phoebe's Junior Year English Blog

This month in Tempe, Arizona, a self-driving Uber collided into and killed a pedestrian and caused an uproar of reactions debating the fate of self-driving cars. In many people’s eyes, self-driving cars are extremely resourceful and effective, others believe this new technology to be hazardous to the public and should not be permitted. Several car companies have already implemented an automotive feature to their vehicles( a list here ). The idea of autonomous cars has been around quite some time, beginning in the 1939, when General Motors had an exibit, Norman Bel Geddes created the first self-driving car that was controlled by electromagnetic fields( more information about Geddes ). However, just recently companies have been permitted to use these features even completely without a driver present. The Uber Volvo that hit the Pedestrian apparently had a flaw of not detecting Jaywalkers and a spokeswoman for Uber reported that Uber’s automated program has “adopted critical progr

On October 18th, 2019, a group of all-female astaunauts worked together to replace a broken International Space Station power grid. This spacewalk represents the encouragement of womens rights, highlighting the STEM field. With all of NASA and many women empowering organizations cheering them on, the spacewalk was successfully completed and made history. A spacewalk is when astronauts must exit their station in order to repair or replace a broken part ( check out a picture here! ). This was NASA’s 221th spacewalk, but the first with all women. The astronauts who completed the spacewalk, Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, exemplify a milestone for all women’s rights as history has developed. Preceding a time like this, women would have never been able to train to become astronauts and advanced scientists. The United States’ first female space walker, Kathy Sullivan, happily stated, “We've got qualified women running the control, running space centers, commanding the station, comm