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ACT Reading 1.9 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following statements about the Mars missions is accurate?
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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Outer Space. Hotter than Inner Space, which
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is equipped with central air.
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Which of the following statements about the Mars missions is accurate?
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Our hunt for the truth starts with choice (A), which immediately disappoints us. Mars
- 00:53
was the Roman god of war, and nobody ever thought of him as wise.
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(B) is a disappointment as well.
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Unfortunately, NASA has not yet found definitive proof of microscopic life on Mars--which is
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too bad, because things are always more fun in miniature.
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Choice (C) is next on the agenda.
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It's not true either, though. The passage tells us that it took the Viking spacecraft
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less than a year to get to Mars. Looks like (D) is being the good boy scout
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and telling us the truth.
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The passage does say that NASA thinks that Mars was way different back in the day.
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If there are Martians, we wonder if they get nostalgic for the old days...
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