Ruth

In the articles, "Mars 2020 mission Perseverance rover" (n.d.), and "NASA’s Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover ‘Takes the Wheel’" (2021), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) documents the operation of the upgraded auto navigation system called AutoNav for the Perseverance rover to traverse the Martian surface for signs of ancient life along with locating and transporting sample collections of rock back to Earth for analysis. T he  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, 2021)  article , states that  the AutoNav enables the rover to autonomously drive at faster speeds  of up to 120 meters per hour, in  comparison to its predecessor Curiosity that travels at speeds of up to 20 meters per hour.  Therefore, AutoNav’s speed is accelerated by four or five times to now more quickly perform 3D mapping of upcoming terrain, hazard identification, and trajectory planning for obstacle avoidance. Consequently, reducing the time taken ...

 Module learning: The two specific goals that I had for this module were to improve my non-verbal communication skills which included my body language and presentation of myself and to become a better critical thinker and effective communicator.   As part of my efforts to accomplish these goals, I utilized the most impactful lessons learned from the communication module which according to me were  the written and oral skills applied and demonstrated through assignments such as the preparation of the summary reader response article and the oral presentation of the project report.  The summary reader response article was based on NASA's Perseverance rover's navigational system where concepts including proper citations of the references taken from other sources were taught and learned according to the 7th edition APA citation guide on the Columbia College website. Similarly, the format of the reader response starts with a brief summary highlighting the purpose and ...