Answer Key
Are the following statements about the text correct?
1. "There could be a permanent human presence on the Red Planet within a century" means people can live on Mars in about 2100.That is correct.
2. The space travel will be easier in the future.That is correct.
3. There is no water on Mars.That is incorrect. Correct is: Recent missions discovered some possible presence of water.
4. "Space elevator" will be a kind of a lift coming from the our planet to Mars.That is correct.
5. If private businessmen are on Mars before governments, the situation on the planet will be very hard.That is correct.
6. Martin Rees seems to be an enthusiastic space traveler.That is correct.
7. "Businessmen with a little anarchic disposition" are people who could be called "criminals".That is correct.
8. Mars is like the Wild West.That is incorrect. Correct is: Not yet.
9. Mars is the 5th planet from the Sun.That is incorrect. Correct is: It's the 4th one.
10. "Amateur astronauts have already paid millions for trips into space" means that a lot of people would like to travel by spaceships.That is correct.