TPO 50- Scientists are considering the possibility of sending humans to Mars in the coming decades. Although there have been successful manned missions to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, Mars is 150 times further away from Earth than the Moon is. Thus the project of sending humans to Mars would require solving an array of problems the Moon missions did not have to face.
The reading and lecture are both about mission of astronauts to Mars. The author of the reading believes that this mission is impossible and three reasons of support are stated. However, the lecturer casts doubts about the claims made in the article and refutes all the theories presented. She says that the mission in Mars is challenging, but scientists proposed three solutions to the problem.
First of all, the author points out that round-trip to Mars is going to take two years. It is mentioned that it is impossible to do because food supply, water, oxygen and cargo space are limited. Conversely, the point is challenged by the lecturer. She says that food supply can be solved by hydrophonics, a technique which uses water to grow plants without the use of soil. Moreover, she argues that hydrophonics needs little space and can cultivate food crops in the spacecraft and can recycle the water as clean water vapor which are used as drinking water. Also, the plants can absorb carbon dioxide in the air and as a result can provide fresh air in the space craft.
Secondly, the author contends that Mars has zero gravity. The article notes that it has negative effects on the overall health of the astronauts such as decreased muscle mass and lower bone density. On the contrary, the lecturer rebuts this argument. She suggests that astronauts spends a lot of time in zero gravity and learned to combat hazardous effect on their body. Furthermore, she elaborates on this by mentioning that regular exercise can reverse the effects of decreased muscle mass and lower bone density on their bodies. In addition, religious intake of vitamins and minerals can help to strengthen their health.
Finally, the author states that astronauts are exposed to high levels of radiation. The article establishes that a having a shield on their space craft is improbable because it adds to much weight on the vehicle. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that solar radiation do not pose a danger all the time. She puts forth the idea that solar radiation are occasionally released when the sun are active and there are equipment to detect high level of solar radiation. Astronauts can detect high level of radiation with this small gadget and they can go on the shield if high levels are detected and they can be protected.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 96, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...nauts to Mars. The author of the reading believes that this mission is impossible...
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Line 7, column 183, Rule ID: TO_TOO[2]
Message: Did you mean 'too'?
Suggestion: too
...ace craft is improbable because it adds to much weight on the vehicle. The lecture...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, then, in addition, such as, as a result, first of all, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 7.30242825607 205% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 48.0 30.3222958057 158% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1933.0 1373.03311258 141% => OK
No of words: 395.0 270.72406181 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.89367088608 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.45809453852 4.04702891845 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52612562779 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 200.0 145.348785872 138% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.506329113924 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 592.2 419.366225166 141% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 13.0662251656 161% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.9329180999 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.0476190476 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8095238095 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.85714285714 7.06452816374 125% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0483721097212 0.272083759551 18% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0183687739052 0.0996497079465 18% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0308975410757 0.0662205650399 47% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0336167823707 0.162205337803 21% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0259524881168 0.0443174109184 59% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.08 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 104.0 63.6247240618 163% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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