Which of the following best expresses the claim of the article?

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Space exploration is needed to spark curiosity, make technological advances, and maintain U.S. leadership.

Space exploration is costly, dangerous, and unnecessary.

There are many different aspects to space exploration including walking on the moon and launching space shuttles

Both space and ocean exploration are equally important as they both provide many benefits to our society.

Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost? By Joan Vernikos Background Beginning in 1981, NASA launched American astronauts into outer space through the Space Shuttle Program. However, budget cuts forced NASA to discontinue the shuttle program in 2011. .

Explanation: I believe this is the correct answer because this is the main idea I came up when I skimmed thru the article you gave me. number 2 is an opinion, number 3 is just not a option, number 4 doesn't have anything to do with the article, and number 5 is a question. (sry if i got it wrong forgive me)

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shantalamcastillo shantalamcastillo · Answer 2 · 2021-02-11T04:46:25+01:00

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The 1957 launch of Sputnik and subsequent Russian firsts in space convinced many U.S. policymakers that the country had fallen dangerously behind its Cold War rival. Consecutive U.S. administrations invested in education and scientific research to meet the Soviet challenge. These investments propelled the United States to victory in the so-called space race and planted the seeds for future innovation and economic competitiveness, experts say. Yet, since the 1990s, NASA’s share of federal spending has waned. The U.S. private sector has ramped up investment in space, and in May 2020, astronauts launched from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade on a rocket built by the company SpaceX.