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Week 6 WRIT 340 Exercise

Topic: Sustainability in Space

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Space Farming
 * Article Evaluation

This article is missing a lot of inline citations and is very underdeveloped. The article does not go over what the history of space farming is and what is currently being done by NASA, among others, to continue researching and developing agriculture in space. The article only presents a small amount of experiments and does not dive into detail regarding how they experiment with each individual crop. Thus, not further explaining the results they found either.


 * Sources
 * Secure World Foundation, “ SPACE SUSTAINABILITY A PRACTICAL GUIDE,” Secure World Foundation, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://swfound.org/media/206407/swf_space_sustainability_booklet_2018_web.pdf . [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Plants in space
 * Article Evaluation

The article mention many experiments, most with no citation or link to another wikipedia page. Thus, not further explaining the results they found either.


 * Sources
 * Secure World Foundation, “ SPACE SUSTAINABILITY A PRACTICAL GUIDE,” Secure World Foundation, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://swfound.org/media/206407/swf_space_sustainability_booklet_2018_web.pdf . [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Space food
 * Article Evaluation

This article mentions present day food with the year time stamp being over a decade ago. Although this page is somewhat developed, there is room for improvement.


 * Sources
 * Secure World Foundation, “ SPACE SUSTAINABILITY A PRACTICAL GUIDE,” Secure World Foundation, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://swfound.org/media/206407/swf_space_sustainability_booklet_2018_web.pdf . [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Astrobotany
 * Article Evaluation

The article only presents many experiments and some have no source. In the experimental results section, they just say the results in broad terms, not referring to many of the experiments mentioned. They use the terms "several experiments" and "some experiments" without being specific (Astrobotany).


 * Sources
 * Secure World Foundation, “ SPACE SUSTAINABILITY A PRACTICAL GUIDE,” Secure World Foundation, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://swfound.org/media/206407/swf_space_sustainability_booklet_2018_web.pdf . [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Aeroponics
 * Article Evaluation

The article appears to have a bit of bias and has diction, as report by wikipedia, that can seem like an advertisement or sale. In addition, it can add a section to how Aeroponics benefit space and life outside of planet Earth.




 * Sources

Secure World Foundation, “ SPACE SUSTAINABILITY A PRACTICAL GUIDE,” Secure World Foundation, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://swfound.org/media/206407/swf_space_sustainability_booklet_2018_web.pdf. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

Option 6

 * Article title
 * Human mission to Mars
 * Article Evaluation

In the space sustainability section of this article, there is a lack of information and citation. The article talks in magnitude about missions to Mars, but not a lot about "Technological innovations and hurdle" and living on Mars (Human mission to Mars).




 * Sources

R. M. Candanosa, “Growing Green on the Red Planet,” American Chemical Society, Apr/May-2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/201 6-2017/april-2017/growing-green-on-the-red-planet.html. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

G. Jordan, “Can Plants Grow with Mars Soil?,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 05-Oct-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/can-plants-grow-with-mars-soil. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

K. Rainey, “Crew Members Sample Leafy Greens Grown on Space Station,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 07-Aug-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/meals_ready_to_eat. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

B. Llorente, “How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planet,” The Conversation, 26-Jul-2018. [Online]. Available: https://theconversation.com/how-to-grow-crops-on-mars-if-we-are-to-live-on-the-red-planet-999 43. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

Option 7

 * Article title
 * Vegetable Production System
 * Article Evaluation

There is a lack of information on the testing of the Vegetable Production System as well as how each vegetable experiment turned out. Although the article has a results section, it is lacking in both content and information. Lastly, there is no information about NASA's plans to use this technology in the future, beyond its current use in the ISS. No connection to future Mars mission of any kind by anyone.




 * Sources

R. M. Candanosa, “Growing Green on the Red Planet,” American Chemical Society, Apr/May-2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/201 6-2017/april-2017/growing-green-on-the-red-planet.html. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

G. Jordan, “Can Plants Grow with Mars Soil?,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 05-Oct-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/can-plants-grow-with-mars-soil. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

K. Rainey, “Crew Members Sample Leafy Greens Grown on Space Station,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 07-Aug-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/meals_ready_to_eat. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].

B. Llorente, “How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planet,” The Conversation, 26-Jul-2018. [Online]. Available: https://theconversation.com/how-to-grow-crops-on-mars-if-we-are-to-live-on-the-red-planet-999 43. [Accessed: 16-Jun-2020].