"Billionaire Space Race Giant Leap for Pollution"

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by Katharine Gammon

One rocket launch produces up to 300 tons of carbon dioxide into the upper atmosphere where it can remain for years

A photo shows a rocket launching from a launch pad.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Photograph: Joe Marino/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock

Already, people are buying tickets to space. Companies including SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and Space Adventures want to make space tourism more common.

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Use the passage to answer the question.

Which quotation states the main claim of the passage?

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When rockets launch into space, they require a huge amount of propellants to make it out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
When rockets launch into space, they require a huge amount of propellants to make it out of the Earth’s atmosphere.

But this launch of a new private space industry that is cultivating tourism and popular use could come with vast environmental costs. . . .
But this launch of a new private space industry that is cultivating tourism and popular use could come with vast environmental costs. . . .

Already, people are buying tickets to space.
Already, people are buying tickets to space.

Those fuels emit a variety of substances into the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide, water, chlorine, and other chemicals.
Those fuels emit a variety of substances into the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide, water, chlorine, and other chemicals.
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Answer 1

The quotation that states the main claim of the passage is:

"But this launch of a new private space industry that is cultivating tourism and popular use could come with vast environmental costs. . . ."