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Which statement BEST evaluates the inclusion of
the quotation from Richard Nixon underlined in
the paragraph on pages 4-5?
The quotation helps to clarify specifics of the U. N.
treaty quoted in the previous paragraph.
In 1969, the Apollo Il space mission brought humans to the
moon for the first time. American astronauts Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the
moon, took photographs, and collected extensive lunar
samples to bring back to Earth. The mission fulfilled a
national goal set by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and
was, in part a response to a race with the Soviet Union to
lead in space exploration. An estimated 530 million people
watched televised scenes of different aspects of the
mission, including Armstrong's first step upon the moon
The following excerpt comes from an award-winning
paper that University of California librarian Anne Platoff
presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the North
American Vexillological Association, a group that studies
flags. In her paper, Platoff discusses the historical
significance of placing the U. S. flag on the moon.
The quotation helps to explain the eventual wording
of the plaque, given in the next paragraph.
The quotation questions the actions of NASA that
are described in the first paragraph.
The quotation creates a transition to the idea of
crew safety, mentioned in the same paragraph.