Shimabuku, Adele2014-01-152014-01-152014-01-15http://hdl.handle.net/10125/31970Man's interest in space travel can be traced back to the second century AD when Lucian, the first "science fiction" writer wrote of a trip to the moon. Up until 1898, most science fiction involved man and his effects on space. Then in 1989, E G Wells in his classic "War of the Worlds" described the effects of earth microogranisms on life from outer space, hence the idea that interplantery encounters might involve hostile life forms.48 pagesAll UHM Honors Projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.Term Project