Comet Landing Bumpier Than Initially Thought
The landing that occurred on Wednesday will be known as the historic landing of the spacecraft, Philae. Philae is known to be the first spacecraft to land on a comet. This landing was not one landing but ended up being three due to several malfunctions. Because of the thruster that was supposed to make the spacecraft press against the comet after touching down, it made the spacecraft come up more than half a mile before falling to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimentko. At the second attempt, the Philae spacecraft then went up again, not as high this time, and resulted with only two out of the three legs on the surface of the comet that was settled on a boulder. Finally on the third try, it worked. The solar panels that were on the Philae spacecraft were exposing less power than what was originally planned and may not be able to recharge. Without being affected by the bumpy landing the Philae Spacecraft was able to stay in contact with the Rosetta orbiter and complete the set of observations that they had to do for example photographs of a cliff above the spacecraft. This will give scientists the ability to investigate what is left to know about the formation of the solar systems. Joel W. Parker, a planetary scientists at Southwest Research Institute said, “They may have enough data to sift through from the various instruments to do a ‘C.S.I’ Philae’ and piece it all together.” Even though people believe that the landing was a failure, people shouldn’t forget about all of the important data that has been collected and how it is going in the right direction.
Organizing and doing all of these space missions will really impact humanity and science in the future. Space, our galaxy, and everything that made the Earth is the reason why we are here today. Without the Earth we wouldn’t be here and without all of these space missions and scientist’s theories, we wouldn’t know how the Earth became the reason why it is today as well as why the solar system is the way it is. The Philae, like stated in the article, will help us find out and know more about what is not yet known about Space and our solar system. Knowing more about the solar system will allow our knowledge on our galaxy, the other planets, and everything outside of it to grow. When there are technological incidents in space, it may either end really badly or there are ways to prevent it from ending the lives of the people in the space craft. In this case, they were able to prevent it. Through this incident, the astronauts, astronomers, and the builders of this machine should be able to learn and fix the problem for the next time a possible space mission like this one comes around so it will hopefully not happen again.
I really enjoyed reading this article. I like reading about astronomy and earth science because I enjoy learning about where we live and what is around us. Kenneth Chang did a good job writing this article. It was clean, not confusing, and straight to the point. He did not use too many difficult scientific words which can make an article confusing for a teenager who isn’t an expert on astronomy. He definitely made the article intriguing by not making it too long. I liked how he explained what happened at each landing until it finally landed correctly and at the right spot. The way he incorporated the quotes in his article really made us feel like we were, in a way, part of the situation and gave a more clear understanding of what really happened out there on the comet. Overall, I think that this article was very well written and I really liked it. I wonder what is going to happen when the spacecraft comes back to earth.
Chang, Kenneth. "Comet Landing Bumpier Than Initially Thought." The New York Times. The New York Times, 13 Nov. 2014. Web. 15 Nov. 2014.
Chang, Kenneth. "Comet Landing Bumpier Than Initially Thought." The New York Times. The New York Times, 13 Nov. 2014. Web. 15 Nov. 2014.
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Margaux's review of, Comet Landing Bumpier Than Initially Thought, was very interesting and fascinating. First of all, she incorporated her quotes very well, which helped me understand more about the subject and helped me get a point of view from someone who has experience on the subject. In addition, the way she explained thoroughly all of the three landings and why some of them had went wrong, with direct facts from the article, made the landings seem more interesting and difficult. Also, Margaux did a very good job explaining what this mission meant for the world and why it is important, which was essential with this topic.
Although this review was well written, Margaux could have given more information on the comet, like where it is and what does it look like. These details would have helped the reader get a more precise idea of the comet. Furthermore, she could have been more specific on when it left earth and who is sponsoring it. So, if Margaux had added a bit more details, the review would have been even better.
In conclusion, the review was very captivating to read. One thing I learned from this review was that spacecrafts can land on comets. Before reading this review, I thought they were too far away and not yet possible to reach. So all in all, this review taught me many new things that have change my view of space and comets.
Margaux Frohlich completed an extremely impressive review on the article by Chang Kenneth, “Comet Landing Bumpier Than Initially Thought.” She presented the key aspects of the article and supported her claims well. One thing Margaux did exclusively well was the overall organization of her writing; it was clearly well planned out and edited. Also she included direct quotes from the article. And the personal thoughts she shared about the article helped to tie the writing all together. However, I felt as though background knowledge about the comet could have been resourceful, as well as details on each “malfunction” with the landing of the spacecraft. In conclusion, I was extremely impressed by her writing skills, which were presented and helped to introduce the topic of the Philae spacecraft.
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After I read Margaux Frolich’s review of this article, “Comet Landing Bumpier Than Initially Thought,” it changed my whole view on space travel. I liked how her summary was very succinct, but still got to all the points she needed to make the summary understandable and complete, such as the details about the three landings. This is usually hard for me, because I find every detail of the article important, so my summaries usually end up being way too long and having way too much detail. A second thing I liked about Margaux’s review was how she included quotes from the article. This can be a very useful tactic when writing a review, because it offers another opinion other than the author’s on the article. If you choose your quote right, it could make the review way more interesting, and thought provoking. Lastly, I liked how Margaux avoided starting her review with the generic, “I read… by…”. Margaux realized that this can be a turn off for potential readers, and inserted a much more intriguing initial sentence instead.
It was tough for me to find errors in this great review, but unfortunately, like in all reviews, there were a couple. First, Margaux failed to include vital background information, both about the spacecraft and the comet the spacecraft was landing on. With this not included I found it hard to picture the landing, and it made it harder for me to understand the rest of the review. Secondly, a solid critique, or negative thing Margaux found in the article, was not mentioned. She focused her entire critique paragraph on complimenting the article, and there were no negative things at all, and that is not always good.
Despite these two things, it was a great article, and I learned a lot. I learned how far along we’ve come in space travel, but also how far we have to go, based on the fact that it took us three tries to land on the comet. Scientists now have their work cut out for them, and I can’t wait to see what they’ll come with next!
Margaux's overview of the article "Comet Landing Bumpier Than Initially thought." by Chang Kenneth was very thoughtful. She talked about the important and main topics in the review, as well as quote's. The way she explained her ideas, comments and facts of the article really helped me understand the topic more and makes me want to think about if i should expand on the topic more. Not only that, but the way she wrote her article was very neat and organized. it's notable that even though her writing came out so good and her quotes and understanding were fantastic in her review it would have been helpful to know more about the comet and its make up and what not. in conclusion this review is very good and well planned out, i really enjoyed getting to read this and learning about something i never thought would interest me. this changed my view on this topic and made me realize new things i never thought about.
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