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ACT Reading 1.8 Natural Science Passage. According to the passage, from which of the following locations were the NASA missions discussed in this passage launched?

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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Martians. As Jan on The Brady Bunch used

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to say... "Martians, Martians, Martians!"

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According to the passage, from which of the following locations were the NASA missions

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discussed in this passage launched?

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Several of these institutions are mentioned in the passage, so this one might be tough.

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Choice (A) is the first on the chopping block.

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The passage does say that NASA managed the Viking project from Langley Research Center in Virginia...

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...but it doesn't tell us that this is where NASA actually launches space shuttles.

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Sorry, (A) but no.

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(B)'s claim that the shuttles were launched from Cal Tech is also untrue, though NASA

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did have its Jet Propulsion Laboratory there.

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Pretty obvious that (D) is wrong.

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Alaska's Kodiak Island would be a terrible place to launch space shuttles, because the

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weather's not so great, especially in the winter.

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Oh, yeah, and the giant bears might also be a problem.

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The actual launches occurred at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, making

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choice (C) the correct answer.

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Guess even NASA scientists need a little fun in the sun sometimes...

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