daagh wrote:
The Mars Exploration Program established that the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine whether or not Mars could ever have supported life, as well as determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars.
A. The Mars Exploration Program established that the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine whether or not Mars could ever have supported life, as well as determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars.
B. The Mars Exploration Program established that the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as to determine the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars.
C. As established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars.
D. As established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help to determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars
E. As established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific goals of the MSL mission is to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars.
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BA. The Mars Exploration Program established that the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are to help determine
whether or not Mars could ever have supported life,
as well as determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars.-------
main goals are being lists her so the list should be parallel. "whether or not" is redundantB. The Mars Exploration Program established that the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are
to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as
to determine the role of water, and
to study the the climate and geology of Mars.------------
the list is parallel here and redundancy has been removed. CorrectC. As established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are
to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as
determining the role of water, and to study the climad geology of Mars.------
list is not parallelD. As established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific goals of the MSL mission are
to help to determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as
determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars------
list is not parallel.
"to help to determine" is incorrectE. As established by the Mars Exploration Program, the main scientific
goals of the MSL mission
is to help determine whether Mars could ever have supported life, as well as
determining the role of water, and to study the climate and geology of Mars.-------
.S-V issue and list is not parallel