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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-09-12-shuttle_x.htm


The author of the article " Atlantis' first spacewalk starts out easy, ends in mishap", Traci Watson, does not suport, nor opose the context of the article. However, there could be a position by the other unknown to the reader. For example, if Traci was older she may feel this spacewalk was an unintelligent idea due to the unfortunate results of previous space travels such as the Challenger. Traci Watsons article is about the Atlantis' first space walk started as a success, but ended in possible disaster. the article is a public article thats main purpose is to inform the world of how the Atlantis' spacewalk was running so smotthly that they took on extra missions, and in doing so they ran into some potentialy deadly problems. The article is a fact which can be proven from the logs of the mission controls as well as the astronauts themselves. the article contains no generalizations, and is not distorted, but completely accurate. Traci Watson is a scondary source because she got the information within her article from the logs of the astronauts as well as the logs of mission control. Also Traci was a secondary resource because she was not participating in the spacewalk herself. Traci does not use strong, overpowering words but she simplifies the ideas of the article into language that an everyday citizen would be able to understand with no extensive knowledge of the english language. Additionally, Traci does not oversimplify the issue causing it to be uninteresting to the reader, but it is more enjoyable for the average citizen. With this article readers dont have to deal with larger words that can sometimes be confusing causing them to lose interest in the topic of the article