Mars Curiosity Rover Essay

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I thought that the technical description for Mars Curiosity Rover is organized fairly well in regards to the introduction, major parts and conclusion. When I began reading the description, it immediately started of with a definition of the subject. In the introduction, it lists the mission or (purpose statement), list of major parts in order, the importance of the subject, overall description and the main point.
The major parts paragraphs also follow the same organized scheme. For an example the first paragraph which is listed as “The Rover’s Body”, addresses the definition which is “the rover body is called the warm electronics box, or WEB”. It addresses the purpose “like a car body, the rover body is a strong, outer layer that protect the

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