Mars is a cold, arid planet, but at one time, it was warm and covered with water. That water is now frozen, but some scientists want to
melt it to raise the temperature of the planet and make it more like Earth. They hope that one day people might be able to live there,
What is the most likely reason people from earth would live on Mars?
Explain

In case Earth becomes uninhabitable.

Explanation:

If for whatever reason we are forced to leave Earth there are no other hospitable planets we could live on. By making mars more like Earth we could eventually relocate to mars.

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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(the answer is d)

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