The Andromeda Strain Essay Research Paper Brandon — страница 2

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control. But it was worse than they knew. The virus had contaminated the facility, and the automatic nuclear detonation process had begun. If a nuclear device was set off, the virus would mutate over and over into deadly variations, each killing in a different way. In the climax of the story, it was up to Mark Hall to stop the detonation of the device. He had to climb up the central core of the facility to access a station to stop the detonation. The facility detected an unknown presence in the core and, thinking that Mark was some sort of small lab animal that got into the core, the defense systems began to shoot him with tranquilizer darts. As he climbed up the ladder to access the station he was feeling very groggy, like he was a thousand pounds heavier, and everything moved

in slow motion to him. He crawled to the station, fighting the drug with all his might. He was within two feet of the station when he began to lose consciousness. When going into an unknown environment, be it space, a new school, a new job, etc., there is always the potential for good and bad. But just because every now and then bad things happen, that doesn’t mean we should stop doing new things, going new places, and learning more. Little is known about what kind, if any, life exists in space. Perhaps something good exists in space, such as the cure for AIDS or cancer. Perhaps something bad exists, that would kill millions. We will never know unless we try.