The Future in Space

What type of Near-Earth asteroids orbit within Earth’s orbit?

• Amor

• Aten

• Atira

• Trojan

Why are space probes looking for water on asteroids?

• Water makes drilling an easier process

• Water contains essential elements for colonizing other regions of space

• Water is required for cooling drilling equipment

• Water means the asteroid contains minerals worth more money

What type of asteroids are the most common type and composed of clay and stony silicate rock?

• C-type

• S-type

• M-type

• X-type

Which of the following is the focus of NASA’s Exploration Campaign?

• Low earth orbit

• Lunar orbit

• Mars

• All of the above

When would habitation components of the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway be launched?

• 2020

• 2023

• 2024

• 2030

What program aims to study the radiation levels that astronauts would be exposed to on a mission to Mars?

• Insight

• ExoMars

• Mars Rover 2020

• Opportunity Rover

How many tourists visited space with the ISS tourist program?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 15

Asteroids that orbit closer to Earth than to the Sun

• Metallic asteroids

• Silicate asteroids

• Trojan asteroids

• Near-Earth asteroids

The exclusive possession or control of something

• Monopolies

• Censorship

• Suppression

• Competition