Assignment #3 Part two

   In the article Space Living: Astro Home, compared to the previous article, it uses a more humorous tone to describe living in space. Explaining that Velcro is often an astronauts friend in space, because everything is floating around Velcro helps restrict the items making them of easier access to astronauts. The writer exaggerates when describing the shuttle creating a humorous irony. In which the way they describe the shuttle is so dull its funny.
    Both the Book and the Article use an amusing tone when describing the trip to space. For example in the book Packing for Mars "To the rocket scientist you are a problem. You are the most irritating piece of machinery he or she will have to deal with. Your fluctuating metabolism, your puny memory, your frame that comes in a million different configurations. You are unpredictable,"(mars) and in the article Space Living "All portable items must be either tied to the walls or stuck to your body. This fact accounts for the design of your new pants, space life’s primary contribution to futuristic fashion. Your space pants have thick Velcro strips across the thighs so you can stick your favorite toys to your legs and fly around barnacled with notepads, pens, and cameras. Ditch your shoes—you’ll nearly never be standing on anything. You’ll need, however, warm socks since your feet will lack proper blood flow and will always be cold."(space) both authors describe the negatives of a space mission, or people going into space but create a lighter side to the situation by using a humorous tone.
     The writer of the article Space Living used the rhetorical triangle by using pathos almost throughout the whole article. To try to create a sympathetic emotion from the readers towards the astronauts that are flying through space in their words a "totally airtight, multiwindowed terrarium, about the size of a Boeing 767. Your surroundings have the general look and feel of an aircraft fuselage, except with a full-time live-in crew. The color scheme is bright aviation white, accented with the metallic blue handholds, chrome mesh cabling, and glittering gold cable connectors."(space) The writer uses sarcasm and humor when describing the shuttle, it sounds like a pretty depressing environment that makes readers feel bad for the astronauts.
     Some people dream of the day they can go to space, from the popularity it gathers from the media. After reading this article it kind of puts that idea into perspective. When you think about it you are flying into a never ending environment with little knowledge, traveling in a metal box, with little control over your body movements do to the lack of gravity. I would have to agree with the argument the article is presenting. Traveling to space does not seem all its cracked up to be.

Bibliography:
(Mars)Roach, Mary. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010. Print
(space)"Space Living: Astro Home." Dwell. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Aug. 2014. <http://www.dwell.com/future/article/space-living-astro-home>.