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Chang, Kenneth. "Little Progress in Freeing a Rover on Mars." The New York Times 17 Nov. 2009. Web. 19 Nov. 2009.
After being still for about a half of a year, the NASA rover, Spirit, moved. Albeit very little, but, still, it’s an improvement. When the rover first got stuck, back in May, mission managers had to make sure that when it did move it didn’t get more stuck. So they put on tight moving constrictions. Because of this the rover only moved a very little bit. For now the Spirit is awaiting new commands. Engineers are currently figuring out what their next move will be. Although the fact that the Spirit is stuck is a pain, it did get stuck in an interesting place. Geologists say that the sand where the Spirit is stuck is richer in sulfates then anywhere else on Mars that they studied. The sulfates told scientists that there may have been acidic waters in that region a long time ago. This is important for humans because it teaches us a little bit more about the big ol’ universe around us. This was a pretty good article. It was interesting and informative. Two things I didn’t like. One, the end got a little boring. Two, it didn’t really explain why this was important.
I read Victoria's review of the article "little progress in freeing a rover on mars." I liked how she reviewed the article very clearly. She also explained why the rover hadn't been moved very much and how the area that the rover was stuck in was interesting. However, she didn't state any compelling reason why the find was important to humanity. Also, some parts of the review weren't very clear at all.
ReplyDeleteI would like to learn if any other places on mars have shown signs of water.
Well I though this article was interesting because the mars rover is a topic that is not often brought up, it is an important topic because it is the beginning of a great exploration of the universe. Victoria clearly reviewed the article. It is important that the rover moved because if it did not that this would have been a failed gamble. Still I think our technology is too primitive to tackle such a task as to explore mars. I would like to know more about mars its self.
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