When introducing argumentative writing to students, describe it as a debate on paper--with both sides represented by facts, evidence, and relevant support. It's similar to the closing arguments at the end of a Law & Order episode. Consider showing clips of the closing arguments from various trial scenes.
An artist's impression of what the Mayak satellite could look like once in orbit. The proposed 'Mayak' satellite would have a huge pyramid-shaped reflector to make it easily visible in the night sky. A group of Russian engineers has raised over Â£17,000 to launch a reflective satellite which would be one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
The most up-to-date data comes from CelesTrak which is funded by the Center for Space Standards and Innovation, located in Colorado Springs. As of this writing, there are over 13,000 satellites in orbit (they CLAIM..non black ops) and over 20,500 satellites have decayed since 1957.ooking carefully at the data it appears that there are just under 3,500 satellites that are both functioning and in their correct orbit compared to nearly 10,000 that are classed as debris but haven't yet decayed. So 75% of the satellites orbiting the Earth are junk! For more up-to-date info: