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1. Your research question(s) as of today For what purpose(s) can tardigrades be used in researches regarding space? 2. title of source Absurd Creature of the Week: The Incredible Critter That’s Tough Enough to Survive in Space 3. Author of source and/or the organization that has published it Matt Simon, Wired.com 4. Link directly to source, if possible [] 5. Where and when you've accessed the source (database, website, etc.) website, 28 May 2014 6. Compose a SOAPSTone identifying the speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone S: Matt Simon O: tardigrades in space A: those interested in tardigrades or space breakthroughs P: provide overview of tardigrades S: tardigrades Tone: light informative 7. 2-4 sentence summary (or abstract) of the source With increasing interest in tardigrades, scientists are conducting more and more experiments on them to test how well they could cope with the extremest of environments, which they have passed with flying colors. 8. The main point, thesis, or claim the author makes Tardigrades are cool and could potentially save our lives in the future. 9. Please explain: to what extent are you persuaded by the author's treatment of the topic I am obviously fascinated since I as still sticking with this topic for the paper. 10. Key sentences or passages - Transcribe, word-for-word, a total of 4-6 sentences from this source that will likely be worth citing from when you get down to sharing your research findings. "Ironically enough, these incredibly hardy creatures are very difficult to grow in the lab, but Goldstein has had great success where many others have failed. And, like so many great things in this world, it all began in a shed in England, where a regular old chap mastered their breeding to sell them to local schools for scientific experiments. He was so good at it, in fact, that he never needed to venture out to recollect specimens. And their descendants now crawl around Goldstein’s lab, totally unaware of how incredibly lucky they are to not be tortured by school children day in and day out."

1. Your research question(s) as of today What are the possibilities for tardigrades in space?

2. title of source Eight-Legged Space Survivor Gives 'Panspermia' New Life

3. Author of source and/or the organization that has published it Robert Roy Britt, space.com

4. Link directly to source, if possible []

5. Where and when you've accessed the source (database, website, etc.) website, 28 May 2014

6. Compose a SOAPSTone identifying the speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, and tone S: Robert Roy Britt O: tardigrades in space A: people interested in space stuff P: provide hypothesizes for tardigrades in space S: tardigrades Tone: overly optimistic

7. 2-4 sentence summary (or abstract) of the source Rather than listing tardigrade traits like most other sources, this source describes a creeping idea that tardigrades could be the key to starting life on other planets and that we could all be Martians.

8. The main point, thesis, or claim the author makes Tardigrades this possibility that life forms can be exchanged between planets like Earth and Mars.

9. Please explain: to what extent are you persuaded by the author's treatment of the topic This idea is a little far fetched, but a very entertaining thought.

10. Key sentences or passages- Transcribe, word-for-word, a total of 4-6 sentences from this source that will likely be worth citing from when you get down to sharing your research findings. "And the incredible survival tale of the tiny tardigrades, also called water bears, is a dramatic reminder that life can survive space travel. The dot-sized invertebrate creatures endured 10 days of exposure, and upon return to Earth, scientists found that even some of those exposed to solar radiation had made it through. Though it had already been shown that single-celled organisms could survive space, tardigrades are eight-legged animals on a different branch of the tree of life than microbes."