Source: Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11, NASA, Wikimedia
Source: Mars Orbit Undocking Image2, Spaceguy5, Wikimedia
Answer the following question using both texts, synthesizing what you’ve read, making connections, and finding similar ideas. Use your notes to write your answers. When you’re finished, check your understanding to see a possible response.Both Buzz Aldrin and the Mars Foundation members are passionate about their desire to colonize Mars. How are their reasons similar? Use evidence from both texts to support your response.
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Sample Response:
Buzz Aldrin in “The Call of Mars” and the Mars Foundation members in “The Homestead Project” both want to make it possible for people to travel to and live on Mars. Aldrin wants America to be the leader because “The United States can help other nations do things that they want to do, a fruitful avenue for U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.” The Mars Foundation compares their project to settling the frontier in America’s early history: “we make the new frontier home. . . .” Both Aldrin and the Mars Foundation see settling Mars as similar to America’s tradition of leadership and action throughout history.
Buzz Aldrin in “The Call of Mars” and the Mars Foundation members in “The Homestead Project” both want to make it possible for people to travel to and live on Mars. Aldrin wants America to be the leader because “The United States can help other nations do things that they want to do, a fruitful avenue for U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.” The Mars Foundation compares their project to settling the frontier in America’s early history: “we make the new frontier home. . . .” Both Aldrin and the Mars Foundation see settling Mars as similar to America’s tradition of leadership and action throughout history.