On Saturday September 10, 9:08am NASA’s twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory or Grail lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air force Station in Florida. The two are expected to reach the moon on New Years Eve and New Years Day. Their mission is to gather more information about the moon’s gravity field, and get better understanding question like how the Earth and rocky plants in our solar system are formed. Maria Zuber from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge say “ grail will take lunar exploration to a new level, providing a unprecedented characterizations to new levels. It also say that NASA is taking a big leap in the exploration.
I learned many great things while reading about the twin Grails. First I learned that Florida space station is back in business that its stepping up it space exploration. Eight minuets after the twin Grails were launched their signal was received saying that they have deployed their solar panels and are fully operating. The distance between the Earth and the moon is 250,00 miles. What normally take three days to reach will now take about 3.5 month science the ships are low energy trajectory which will take more time.
Over all I enjoyed this article very much. I thought this article was very informative and had a lot of great detail. The article was not lengthy and it was very easy to understand. I enjoyed l learning about the mission and how it will benefit us.
Patrick Bisconti
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110910172803.htm
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I think Patrick did a good job of summarizing the article. He stated the most important facts in an easy and understandable way. I also liked the fact that he included a quote that Maria Zuber stated because it helped me get an idea of why scientists are excited about Grail A and Grail B. In addition to, it really helped when he explained why it would take longer for the ships to reach the moon. We also learn that the Florida space station is back in business, which I think is significant.
ReplyDeleteAlthough he did a good job of summarizing, I also think he could’ve added more detail when describing certain aspects. Patrick, in my opinion, should have described Grail A and Grail B better by focusing in more on the importance of these ships and how much information scientists can gain from this launch. I also think he should have stated that the low energy trajectory allows more time for the spacecraft to checkout and give time to update plans for lunar operations.
Since science is always changing this is a good example of how it is. Due to these ships being launched, scientists will have new information about how the Earth and other rocky planets formed. I found this article impressive because it proves that people even today still make new discoveries, which I find fascinating. This article is also very interesting because we learn how it will profit us. Overall, I think Patrick did a good job of presenting and the article turned out to be worthy of note.
Overall, I think Patrick did a very good job summarizing the article. Patrick explained the important facts in great detailed for a paragraph summary. He helped me get a better understanding to the article, providing a clearer explanation of the article. I also liked the fact how he organized his summary and it was very easy to read.
ReplyDeleteThere was a couple of parts in the summary that he could of improved on. For example, he should of added more details about the Grials A and B which were the main part of the article. He also should of added more quotes to help summarize the article in a more clearer and easier way.
I found this article very interesting and fascinating to read. The fact that NASA is sending two ships to the moon to study the gravity field of the moon, and to study how the Earth and rocky plants are formed is amazing. This impressed me of what are technology can do and made me wonder what we can do in the future. Patrick overall did a very good job summarizing this article.
I think that Patrick did a great job summarizing the events that occurred in the article. It really gave me a well-put understanding on the matter. I also really enjoyed hearing what he learned while reading the article. I was unaware of the time it took to complete the journey to the moon, and it was very interesting to hear that it takes about three and a half months for a spacecraft to reach the final destination. I also enjoyed hearing his perspective on the matter, because I was able to compare thoughts I had with the ones he had himself.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Patrick was able to do a great job on his summarization, he could’ve put more detail into his writing in order to give the readers more of a story than just basic information. I also think that he should have added more information about each of the ships that were launched. Something Patrick also may have wanted to improve on is spell checking his work. Even though I knew what he was talking about, some people may have been confused on what he was trying to explain during the review.
I was very impressed that NASA was able to continue its exploration in space. As talked about in class, science is always finding new things, and this is just another way of proving to us that it really is. I am excited to hear about what these missions have found and continue to find, even though it won’t be for quite some time. Overall, I think Patrick did a great job explaining and critiquing the article.
Overall, I think Patrick did a good job at summarizing the article. His wording was very easy to read and to understand. He was able to get his point across with minimal wording and in a very organized manner. Patrick also included a quote, which I think was a very effective way to convey the message of how efficient and revolutionary these twin grails are.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Patrick did a good job with his summary there are a few aspects I think he could improve on. I would recommend that Patrick add more detail about what a Grail A and B are, and what they are doing on their mission. I also think he should have expanded on why these Grail missions were so unprecedented.
I was very impressed by how advanced technology is today. I was astounding to me that scientists could build a machine that could figure out how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed.