research question

02. Which events had an influence in 2018 debate on space exploration & colonization future?

100 75 50 25 Jan ‘18 Apr ‘18 Jun ‘18 Sep ‘18 Space Exploration Space Colonization Hover on the coloured dots to show info on peaks of interest January 21 Mars One CEO says humans could someday colonize Jupiter and Venus. The mission to Mars will be coming in 2031. However, Bas Lansdorp is looking beyond the red planet for colonization. MISSION TO MARS April 22 Life on Mars to become a reality in 2023, dutch firm Mars One claims. Thousands apply to become one of four astronauts selected to set up a human colony in a plan that comes with snags. HUMAN ON MARSAPPLICATION May 5 The American space agency NASA has launched its latest mission to Mars.InSight will be the first probe to focus its investigations predominantly on the interior of the Red Planet. NASA INSIGHT MISSION February 6 Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster as a payload for their Falcon Heavy rocket. The driver’s seat was occupied by Starman, a man-nequin dressed in a spacesuit. STARMAN April 15 Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series, following the adventures of a famiy of space colonists whose spaceship veers off course. LOST IN SPACE May 8 The Humans to Mars Summit is the annual conference of the Explore Mars Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to make humans a multiplanetary species and to make crewed Mars missions a reality by the 2030s. HUMAN TO MARSSUMMIT Interest in time
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Description

This visualization displays the Google Trends concerning the queries previously selected. The graph displays interest over time on its Y axis and the monthly timeframe on its X axys, showing the peaks of interest in the topic. Each date point is related to a brief description of the main events that had an influence on the interest in the contemporary debate.

Protocol

To deliver this protocol, Google Trends tool has been set to consider the peaks of interest over time from January to November 2018. Space colonization & space exploration have been selected as main queries. The peaks that have been considered were scored by Google Trends in a 95-100 points range. All the results have been cross checked on Google Search, in order to provide background informations about the most relevant events and explain why those had role in arousing the interest.

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Timestamp: 01/11/2018
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