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Annotated Bibliography

How is moving space into the private sector affecting the future of space travel?

Amahri Snipes

Professor Malcolm Campbell

UWRT 1104

October 12, 2017

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Annotated Bibliography

Achenbach, Joel. Which Way to Space? The Washington Post, WP Company LLC. 23 Nov

2013. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2013/11/23/which-way-to-

space/?utm_term=.b69d31c7a400 Accessed 12 Oct 2017.

This article gives some background into what the face of space travel used to be, what it

was turning into and discusses a handful of big players in the private space sector and Commented [CO1]: I think you should change was to is.

their respective triumphs and downfalls. It explains how NASA is struggling to further

advancements in space tech due to budget cuts and just how expensive it is to get things Commented [CO2]: their advancements

into space. It then goes into how the big companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic

partner with NASA to get cargo to the ISS. It then goes into how these companies are
making advancements themselves, especially SpaceX. The author is an American staff
writer for The Washington Post and the author of seven books. He has a BA in politics
from Princeton University. He also won the Philip J. Klass Award by National Capital
Commented [CO3]: I think you should say International space
station instead of ISS because the reader may not know what the
ISS is.
Commented [CO4]: I believe you forgot to but the what the
point of the sentence was. If you did put a point it wasnt clear.
Commented [CO5]: I think you should make this more concise
by deleting making advancements and putting advancing.

Area Skeptics (NCAS) in 2011. This is a pretty objective article because it is entirely

based in facts. The facts are what these companies are and their individual Commented [CO6]: On

accomplishments. The purpose of this article is so that people who dont know much

about the logistics of the private space sector Commented [CO7]: I believe you forgot to put the purpose of
the article.

Rees, Martin. Mars needs millionaires. Foreign Policy, (137), 90. Carnegie Endowment for

International Peace. July/Aug 2003. Retrieved from

https://librarylink.uncc.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-

com.librarylink.uncc.edu/docview/224032865?accountid=14605 Accessed 14 Oct 2017

This essay was written for the authors latest book at the time and then was published in

the (insert name of journal). The article expresses the views of space travel of the author. Commented [CO8]: Just so you dont forget
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He thinks that it is a waste to try and get humans into space. He goes into how he thinks

that it is only something that should be something rich science types should strive for, in

a time before Elon Musk. He expresses have the burden of failure in an industry with Commented [CO9]: I think you meant to out that.

such a high mortality rate would cause nations to get cold feet and back out, while a

private company would mourn their losses and keep pushing innovation forward. He

touches on how accomplishments will represent humanity as whole instead of a nation.

Martin Rees is Britain's astronomer royal and a Royal Society research professor at

Cambridge University's King's College. I think this article is a good source because it is Commented [CO10]: Delete, makes you seem unsure of the
sources credibility.

of academic origin and gives a different view on private space travel.

Sample, Malcolm. Title of this here as a sample format for a citation for an online magazine

article. FunkyMonkey, Campbell News Inc. 16 Aug 2017. www.funkymonkey.com/title-

lee-dum-diddly-dum.com. Accessed 05 Oct 2017.

Drop a line to begin your summary, evaluation and assessment of the sources value to

you here. Note that with YouTube, its especially important to evaluate the reliability of

the source. If you cant find information about the person featured in the video or the

poster, you might not have a reliable source. If its reliable, but you arent sure of the

author of the video, just start with the Title and continue without an author listed.