Inferring STAAR Practice Reading

This story suggests that:

Inference from Major Edward White's space walk passage.

The reader can infer that the inventions mentioned in the paragraph: Inventors record their inventions with the U.S. government. The inventors hope that someone will buy their bright ideas. But some inventions are so strange that no one wants them. The government files show inventions for flying fire escapes. There are eyeglasses for chickens. There is even an alarm clock that hits you on the head with a piece of wood.

From the passage, the reader can see that-

Options: it is possible for humans to live on Jupiter, astronauts have visited Jupiter many times, Jupiter is unsuitable for human habitation, extremely cold planets produce no energy

Read the sentences: Dad was suddenly chatty and I knew why.  In the car, I was a captive audience. The author uses these sentences to explain that being in the car -

Read the sentence below:Thanks to my abilities, the rear end of our car had seen trees, telephone poles, and ditches all up close and personal. What can the reader infer?