ARTICLE REVIEW FORM

Name

: Rasyid Putra Adi Suwarno

Student Number

: 1406543183

Faculty & Class

: Faculty of Public Health, Class A306

1. Title of the Article: Wanted: Mars Dead or Alive?

2. Author(s): Geoffrey A. Landis
3. Explain in two or three sentences why you have chosen this article.
This article I choose because it is associated with science that I really like the astronomy.
I want to know the new knowledge about Red Planet, Mars.
4. Explain briefly in four or five sentences what the article is about.
The article explains that scientists on Earth got the first view of the Mars that makes
scientists surprise and disappointing because scientists had thought that Mars was a planet
a lot like Earth. Mars does not look like Earth at all. It is cold and dry, have no liquid
water, and just have thin atmosphere. The situation of Mars in the past was different with
its condition at present. The scientists believe that Mars in the past had liquid water, much
thicker atmosphere. Recently, scientists found places on Mars, according to their analysis,
water had burst up from underground aquifers and flowed across the planets surface in
geologically recent time.
5. What is the writers message or purpose in writing this article?
The purpose of this article is to explain the readers about new conditions Red Planet,
Mars. Author also wants discuss about the condition of Mars. The author hopes that the
readers will think critically about the Mars and
6. Give your personal comment on the article as a conclusion of your article review.
Reading facial expression is great and we can do it by learning peoples expression and
believing your instinct.