Tag Archives: OSIRIS-REx

Badke and Jabr both write about the way reading can differ depending on the format (digital vs. print) you choose. For this blog I chose the post “NASA is about to launch a spacecraft to an asteroid to learn more about life on Earth” by Loren Grush. OSIRIS-REx mission will launch a spacecraft to the near-Earth asteroid named Bennu in order to collect a small sample and, if successful, this sample can tell us how our Solar System was 4.5 billion years ago. “Researches believe that life’s building block may have been brought to Earth by asteroids.” If we can unlock this time capsule, it may help researches know what building blocks are needed for life and perhaps find them in a distant place. I chose to read this blog because, science has always caught my attention and I wanted to know more about the mission. I felt that in reading this blog in digital format, the information about this mission was more appealing to read, since I usually read in print format for homework. The blog also had an animation  I wouldn’t be able to see had I read it in a printed format. This animation helped me better understand how the spacecraft will land on the asteroid.