Homework (Paraphrasing) 26.09.2013

Practice 3- Please notice that these are only suggestions. Your answers may vary.

1. Keeping the astronauts mentally healthy is another issue. On a long flight in the dark and dangerous environment of outer space, the can become lonely and bored (Clinton 18).

2. Astronauts need to be able to release the tension that can build up from living together for long periods of time in small, crowded spaceships doing stressful, dangerous work (18).

3. Instead of spending huge amounts of money to travel to Mars, which will provide little benefit for Earth, we should use the money to solve problems such as curing cancer and AIDS, cleaning up pollution, and helping people who suffer from hunger, homelessness, poverty, and lack of employment (Brunish).

4. Besides the discomforts of a space journey that lasts seven months, getting to Mars quickly is required for a more important reason. Astronauts will be exposed to deadly amounts of radiation because they will be out of Earth's magnetic field, which partially shields them from it (Kluger 48).