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National Geographic Video

What is this Nat Geo video mainly about?

This video talks a lot about "reusable" rockets.

What does "reusable" mean in this context?

What does the prefix "re–" mean?

This video mentions the "microgravity" on Mars.

What does "microgravity" mean in this context?

What American spent a year in space?

What happens to astronauts that spend a long time in space?

Host, Andrew Fazekas, thinks that terraforming is a "fascinating" idea.

What do the two expert panelists think?

What does Ray Arvidson describe about problems with terraforming?

At the very beginning, the moderator says that Mars is within the "Habitable Zone."

What does the "Habitable Zone." mean?

After the shuttle takes off in the fifth minute of the movie, why do people cry?

Who does Jedidah Isler say should be sent to Mars?

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Article on Previous Explorations of Mars by NASA

What is the main idea of this article?

When did the Mariner spaceshuttles explore Mars?

What happened to Mariner 3?

How long did it take Mariner 4 to reach Mars?

NASA writes that "Mariner 3 and 4 were identical spacecraft designed to carry out the first flybys of Mars"

What does "identical" mean in this context?

NASA writes "The pictures, played back from a small tape recorder over a long period, showed lunar–type impact craters…."

What does "period" mean in this context?

In the same sentence below, what is another word that means the same as "impact"?

"The pictures, played back from a small tape recorder over a long period, showed lunar–type impact craters…."?

The article says that "…continuing long–term studies of the solar wind environment and making coordinated measurements with Mariner 5…."

What does "coordinated measurements" mean in this context?

How many years ago did we first photograph Mars?

Is there anything you do not understand about this reading?