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Challenges for Space Exploration
by Ann Leckie

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Question 1
Part A
What is the author’s main purpose for writing this argument?
Responses

To express her view that space exploration could make the world more peaceful
To express her view that space exploration could make the world more peaceful

To alert readers to significant dangers that threaten human civilization as we know it
To alert readers to significant dangers that threaten human civilization as we know it

To convince readers that there are many reasons to explore space despite the challenges
To convince readers that there are many reasons to explore space despite the challenges

To share her opinion that space exploration is much more difficult than exploring the oceans
To share her opinion that space exploration is much more difficult than exploring the oceans
Question 2
Part B
Which quotation from the text best supports the author’s purpose from Part A?
Responses

. . . escaping Earth’s gravity entails a good deal more work and expense than shoving off from the shore. (paragraph 3)
. . . escaping Earth’s gravity entails a good deal more work and expense than shoving off from the shore. (paragraph 3)

. . . one good meteor strike and we all join the non-avian dinosaurs. (paragraph 5)
. . . one good meteor strike and we all join the non-avian dinosaurs. (paragraph 5)

I could tell you that it might be good for us to unite behind a project that doesn’t involve killing one another . . . (paragraph 6)
I could tell you that it might be good for us to unite behind a project that doesn’t involve killing one another . . . (paragraph 6)

I could tell you all those things: all the reasons we should find some way to live away from this planet . . . (paragraph 8)
I could tell you all those things: all the reasons we should find some way to live away from this planet . . . (paragraph 8)
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Question 1 (Part A): To convince readers that there are many reasons to explore space despite the challenges.

Question 2 (Part B): "I could tell you all those things: all the reasons we should find some way to live away from this planet . . . (paragraph 8)"