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Suddenly, though, just as the procedure was about to be relayed to the astronauts, the pressure . . . the temperature . . . dropped! And . . . stayed down. The frozen slug, apparently, had melted! (Probably due to the extreme heat in the fuel line.) Problem solved.
—Team Moon: How 400,000 People
Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon,
Catherine Thimmesh
Why does the author include the NASA scientists’ attempts to fix the fuel line?
to show that not all problems need to be solved
to show that the scientists’ hard work had not paid off
to show that many solutions can be failures
to show that the situation was tense for everyone
—Team Moon: How 400,000 People
Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon,
Catherine Thimmesh
Why does the author include the NASA scientists’ attempts to fix the fuel line?
to show that not all problems need to be solved
to show that the scientists’ hard work had not paid off
to show that many solutions can be failures
to show that the situation was tense for everyone
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The author includes the NASA scientists’ attempts to fix the fuel line to **show that the situation was tense for everyone**. The process of trying to fix a critical issue during a space mission highlights the high stakes and pressure the scientists and astronauts faced, emphasizing the intensity of the moment.