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the exploration of mars by humans is possible if safe and efficient technology is created for the journey and the time spent on
mars.
which statements most likely provided the information for the summary? select two options.
mars is the second-closest planet to earth and can be observed in the night sky without special equipment.
astronauts will need to adapt to using advanced equipment and conducting complex operations farther and farther from earth.
research aboard the international space station is leading to new discoveries about both earth and the astronauts
themselves.
since the end of the 19th century, mars has been considered the planet most suitable and likely for exploration and even
habitation
novels by authors such as ray bradbury and kim stanley robinson have led people to wonder if living on mars is possible.
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Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.