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Critical Reflection

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It is important that I, who had set goals for myself for a module, finish the module having accomplished what I set out to do. A letter was written in the beginning of the module, Critical Thinking and Communicating, and in that letter, several goals were set to be achieved. I have gone through many lessons since then and now that the module is reaching its conclusion, I look back and see what I have managed to accomplish for myself. A goal I had set for myself had to do with my weakness in verbal communication. I had this need to explain the topic and then repeat those explanations in different ways. It creates an issue of taking too much time when speaking. During the module I was taught on critical thinking and reflection which focused on how important a reflective learning process is and how to do so properly. Several guidelines were shown to help follow a constructive reflective thinking process. An example would be the Rodgers’ Reflective Cycle. The summary of the unit is that
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Reader Response Draft 2.5

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The article "Atlas 5 launch timeline for Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test" (2019), briefly introduces   Atlas V, an expendable launch vehicle for payloads, and its launch sequence. The rocket is used for payload missions and its functions and features allow it to properly carry out its missions. According to NASA (n.d.),  the Atlas V features a common core booster powered by a main engine called "RD-180", and several additional rocket boosters. The common core booster functions to propel the rocket. It stands at 32.46 meters, 3.81 meters, and can provide up to 3.8 million newtons of thrust by itself. The RD-180 engine is further controlled by another feature, a guidance computer, during launch (Clark, 2019). The function of the solid rocket boosters is to provide additional thrust, approximately  1.36 million newtons per booster, at liftoff from its initial grounded position and an Atlas V can hold up to 5 additional boosters (United Launch Alliance, n.d.). Afterward
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Reader Response Draft 2

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  The article "Atlas 5 launch timeline for Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test" (2019), briefly introduces   Atlas V, an expendable launch vehicle for payloads, and its launch sequence. The rocket is used for payload missions and its functions and features allow it to properly carry out its missions.  According to NASA (n.d.),  the Atlas V features a common core booster powered by a main engine called "RD-180", and several additional rocket boosters. The common core booster functions to propel the rocket. It stands at 32.46 meters, 3.81 meters, and is able to provide up to 3.8 million newtons of thrust by itself. The RD-180 engine is further controlled by another feature, a guidance computer, during launch (Clark, 2019).  The function of the solid rocket boosters is to provide additional thrust, approximately  1.36 million newtons per booster,  at liftoff from its initial grounded position and an Atlas V can hold up to 5 additional boosters (ULA, n.d.). Afterwards, it w
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Reader Response Draft 1

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The article "Atlas 5 launch timeline for Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test" (2019), briefly introduces   Atlas V, an expendable launch vehicle for payloads, and its launch sequence. The rocket is used for payload missions and its functions and features allow it to properly carry out its missions.  According to NASA (n.d.),  the Atlas V features a common core booster powered by a main engine called "RD-180", and several additional rocket boosters. The common core booster functions to propel the rocket. It stands at 32.46 meters, 3.81 meters, and is able to provide up to 3.8 million newtons of thrust by itself. The RD-180 engine is further controlled by another feature, a guidance computer, during launch (Clark, 2019).  The function of the solid rocket boosters is to provide additional thrust, approximately  1.36 million newtons per booster,  at liftoff from its initial grounded position and an Atlas V can hold up to 5 additional boosters (ULA, n.d.). Afterwards, it wil
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Summary Draft 2

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  ATLAS V ROCKET LAUNCH SYSTEM STAGE 1 The article "Atlas 5 launch timeline for Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test" (2019), briefly introduces   Atlas V, an expendable launch vehicle for payloads, and its launch sequence. The launch series consists of two stages and this summary aims to explain the functions and features which aid the first stage of launch.   According to NASA (n.d.), the Atlas V features a common core booster which is powered by a main engine called "RD-180", and several additional rocket boosters. The common core booster functions to propel the rocket. The RD-180 engine is further controlled by another feature, a guidance computer, during launch (Clark, 2019).   The function of the solid rocket boosters is to provide additional thrust at liftoff from its initial grounded position and an Atlas V can hold up to 5 additional boosters (ULA, n.d.). Afterwards, it will jettison and the rocket proceeds to the next stage of its launch sequence.    
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Summary Draft 1

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ATLAS V ROCKET LAUNCH SYSTEM STAGE 1 The Atlas V is an expendable launch vehicle used in Mars missions and as its name suggests, fifth in the series. The Atlas V has different iterations, which have similar first stage launch sequences. The launch series consists of two stages and this summary aims to explain the functions and features which aid the first stage of launch.   The Atlas V rocket launch sequence begins and 2.7 seconds later, the main engine, RD-180, of the common core booster ignites. It is then followed by the ignition of four solid rocket boosters which launches the rocket off of its initial position. The rocket boosters run for over 90 seconds and jettison after 2 minutes 22 seconds. The main engine then drops the throttle via guidance computer as the rocket weight will drop from consumption of its liquid fuel. Second stage of launch will then proceed.     References   Clark, S 2019, ‘Atlas 5 launch timeline for Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test’, Spacefligh
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Descriptive Reflection

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 Subject: Self Introduction   Dear Professor Blackstone I am writing this letter to properly introduce myself to you. My name is Muhammad Daniel bin Rosli, and I currently am enrolled as a first year in the Robotics Systems Engineering (RSE) course in Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and I am from your UCS1001 module. I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.   I had chosen to enroll in my current course in SIT due to my great interest in programming. During my years in polytechnic, I had barely touched about programming. That short moment however was enough to sway me, and I have chosen to pursue a career path revolving programming since then. The idea of writing code itself was honestly quite enticing. Strings of words that I write down are then executed to give me exactly what I asked for. I love logic and rationale, so it gives me satisfaction to just write code.   A weakness I believe I have in verbal communi
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