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"In Space, Take Protein Pills, Get Sriracha On"
by Talia Mindich
"(Astronauts) may be massively adapted to a wide range of odors and really unable to smell anything new," said Dalton, who has done research regarding smell for NASA. "But that of course hasn't really been confirmed because nobody's done smell testing in space, unfortunately."
Microgravity has a unique effect on each crewmember. Wheelock so craved the fragrance of fresh fruit that he kept an apple that was delivered during a resupply in his sleep compartment for three weeks. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, on the other hand, said food tastes better in space.
It's like eating in waist-deep snow on a camping trip, said NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has logged more than 370 days in space. "You've been working hard all day, and the food tastes really good."
Pettit enjoyed beef brisket, ham-steak, and other meats topped with Sriracha or Tabasco.
NASA typically spends about two years developing a freeze-dried or thermo-stabilized formulation of a dish to be approved by food testers on the ground. But the only way to know how a dish will taste in orbit is to taste it in orbit.
"That's just the unfortunate truth," said Vickie Kloeris, manager of NASA's ISS Food System. "Crew members come back and say, I tasted this product on the ground and I thought I would like it, so I put it in my bonus containers, but when I got on orbit I didn't like it so much. And the opposite:...I loved it and I wish l'd had more of it."
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Use the excerpts to answer the question.
Based on the excerpts, how do the goals of the authors compare?
(1 point)
Unlike the first excerpt, the goal of the author of the second excerpt is to present opposing views on a neutral effect of space travel.
Like the first excerpt, the goal of the author of the second excerpt is to challenge widely accepted views of cosmic radiation.
Like the first excerpt, the goal of the author of the second excerpt is to compare and contrast the experiences of astronauts.
Unlike the first excerpt, the goal of the author of the second excerpt is to offer a solution to a significant issue.

Answer 1

Like the first excerpt, the goal of the author of the second excerpt is to compare and contrast the experiences of astronauts. (Choice 3)