vocab
what does encouraged mean
give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
What are the names of the stories
Mother to Son and To James
what is the story about
science programs
where does the story take place
mars
where does the mission want to go to
mars
what does colonize mean
it is to send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it.
in To James where did the story take place
a race
Do scientists want to explore space
Yes most scientists want to explore space
why are they on Mars
because of the war on earth
how long each way is the journey
8 months
what does planetary mean
relating to or belonging to a planet or planets.
what does the mother to son story take place on
the stairs
what does NASA try to inspire
competition and innovation.
why does harry want to go to earth
because he feels like there not made for mars
what is chronic boredom
someone who has no energy
what does situated mean
fix or build (something) in a certain place or position.
why did his parent keep making him run
because his dad wanted him to win
what space ship took pictures of Pluto
New Horizons
who is the main character
Harry Bittering
who is Ernest Shackleton
led several expeditions to the South Pole in the early 1900s.
what does interstellar mean
occurring or situated between stars.
what does, Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair, mean
that her life was hard
what is similar in-between earth and Pluto
It has a molten core, tectonic plates, and volcanic activity
why cant they go home
because a atomic bomb hit the station where they got on the ship
why are people living in on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano.
to practice for the mission for the to mars