User:Britton.Sears/sandbox

Things to do:

I feel like collectively we can both work on these things and then compile them here.

Sounds good to me! We need to track down the third person in our group as well - Dylan
 * Find sources on ICESAT-2
 * Decide on how we can improve the current article (what's missing, what can be updated, etc.)

Article Evaluation:

Missing information about the delayed launch of the mission. Working on finding some solid sources explaining this. -Dylan

--- Posted on the talk page regarding whether this would be a good thing to include and got the go ahead from another editor to start a mission history/project development section. I think we could all add a few sentences to that with sources and be good to go for class! Let me know what you think, I am going to work on adding some sources to this sandbox. (see below) -

Applications section is very brief, could we expand on this? - D
 * Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings.
 * Read the article about remote sensing on Wikipedia. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — ~.

Below I have started up a Project Development section to add to the article based on the sources I found. If you guys want, you can edit/add things to this and then we can each post part of it and as a whole add the entire new section.

Project Development
ICESat-2 is intended to be a follow-up to the original ICESat mission, which was decommissioned in 2010. When the project entered its first phase in 2010, it was expected to be ready for launch as soon as 2015. In December 2012, NASA reported that they expected the project to launch in 2016. In the following years, technical issues with the mission's only onboard instrument, ATLAS, delayed the mission further, pushing the expected launch back from late 2016 to May 2017. In July 2014, NASA submitted a report to Congress detailing the reasons for the delay and a projected budget overrun, as is required by law for NASA projects which spend at least 15% over budget. In order to finance the budget overrun, NASA has diverted funds from other planned satellite missions, such as the Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and Ocean Ecosystem satellite (PACE). The official launch date is now scheduled for September 2018, and no further delays are expected. To maintain data continuity in the interim between the decommissioning of ICESat and the launch of ICESat-2, NASA's airborne Operation IceBridge mission has continued to collect polar topography data using its onboard ATM lidar sensor.