Manned Mission to Mars:

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Manned Mission to Mars

• Wright On!

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Resources
• Evaluation
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Hmmmhow interesting!
• Your boss at the Morning Journal just gave you an
  interesting assignment. He claims that there is
  a link between the Wright brothers quest to be
  the first in flight and NASAs quest to send a
  manned mission to Mars. Its hard to believe
  there is a connection?!

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Your Task

• You need to find the missing link. You do have
  an idea that you would like to investigate and
  explore. You believe the connection is in the
  area of aircraft wing development.
• You are in charge of performing your
  investigation and reporting your results.

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Process

• Visit the websites listed on the next page.
• Investigate the link between the wing design of
  the Wright brothers 1903 plane and the wing
  design for the Mars ARES.
• Also, gather some background information on the
  Wright brothers and the Mars ARES.
• Collect information, facts, and pictures from the
  websites.
• Create a newspaper article in Microsoft Word.

• Items to include in your final product
• Background history on the Wright brothers
  invention process.
• Information about the development of the Mars
  ARES.
• Your opinion on the relationship between the wing
  designs.
• Facts to support your position.

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Resources

• http//nasaexplores.nasa.gov/show2_5_8a.php?id03-
  025gl58
• http//www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Wright/overview.htm
• http//www.wrightexperience.com/edu/1903a/creation
  /
• http//www.nasaexplores.com/show2_articlea.php?id
  01-059

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Evaluation

• Your presentation will be evaluated based on a
  rubric.
• Click on the link below to see the criteria by
  which you will be graded
• Webquest Rubric

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Conclusion

• Great! You turned in your assignment to your
  editor. You answered the questionhopefully, it
  was Wright on!
• See your editor to see if you can submit your
  article to NASA.