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根据短文,回答题Thefutureofspaceexplorationdependsonmanythings.ItdependsonhowtechnologyevolveshowDoliticalforcesshapecompetitionandpartnershipsbetweennations,andhowimportantthepublicfeelsspaceexdlorationis.ThenearfuturewillseethecontinuationofhumanspaceflightinEarth’sorbitandunpilotedspacemghtwithintheso1arsystern.Pilotedspaceflighttootherplanets,orevenbacktothemoon,stillseemsfaraway.Anyflighttoothersolarsystemsisevenmoredistant'butahugeadVancemspacetechnologycoulddrivespaceexplorationintorealmscurrentlyexploredonlybysciencefiction.
The1968film2001:ASpacPOdysseydepictedcommercialshuttlesflyingtoandfromagiantwheel-shopedspacestationinorbharoundEarth,basesonthemoon,andapilotedmissiontoJupiter.Therealspaceactivitiesof2001willnotmatchthiscinematicvision,butthe21stcenturywillseeacontinuationofeffortstotransformhumanityintoaspacefaringspecies.
Perhapsthemostdifficultproblemspaceplannersfaceishowtofinanceavigorousprogramofpilotedspaceexploration.inEarth’sorbitandbeyond.Inl998nosinglegovernmentorinternationalenterprisehadplanstosendpeoplebacktothemoon,muchlesstoMars.SuchmissionsareunlikelytohappenuntiltheperceivedvalueexceedstheircosL
OnebeliefsharedbyanumberofspaceexplorationexpertsisthatfuturelunarandMartianexpeditionssheluldbeaimedatcreatingpermanentsettlements.Theresidentsofsuchoutpostswouldhaveto“liveofftheland”.0btainingsuchnecessitiesasoxygenandwaterfromtheharshenvironment.Onthemoon,pioneerscouldobtainoxygenbyheatinglunarsoil.Inl998theLunarProspectordiscoveredevidenceofsignificantdepositsofice,avaluableresourceforsettlers,mixedwithsollatthelunarpoles.OnMars,oxygencouldbeextracteelfromtheatmosphereandwatercouldcomefromburieddepositsofice.
Thefutureofpilotedlunarandplanetaryexplorationremainslargelyunknown.MostspaceexplorationscientistsbelievethatpeoplewillbeonthemoonandMarsbythemiddleofthe21stcentury,buthowtheygetthere,andthenatureoftheirvisits,isasubjectofcontinuingdebate.Clearly,keyadvanceswillneedtobemadeinloweringthecostofgettingpeopleoffEarth,thefirststepinanyhumanvoyagetootherworlds.
Aflighttoothersolarsystemswillbemadenlorepossibleby__________. A.technologicalbreak throughs
B.internationalcooperation
C.marketcompetition
D.publicpressure
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