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Direction: Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.
Astroscale is a space sustainability company headquartered in Tokyo that is committed to creating solutions for removing potentially dangerous space junk. As space tourism missions to the ISS (International Space Station) become more prevalent, even more attention will have to be paid to orbital highways to ensure their maintenance and cleanliness. It’s more than a courtesy, it’s a matter of space safety. Even without private space tours, the prevalence of space junk and the risk of collisions have skyrocketed with the emergence of SpaceX, OneWeb, and other companies that send thousands of rockets into LEO. It is quickly becoming a safety issue—SpaceX’s huge Starlink project has made Earth’s orbit much more dangerous which is why Astroscale aerospace engineer Jonathan Rasmussen is calling for more accountability from prominent satellite companies around the life and death of satellites and intentional de-orbiting. De-orbiting refers to the discarding of defunct junk in space. “In order to mitigate space debris,” he says. “There should be some form of binding international policy where satellite operators and builders send out their satellites with a predetermined plan for the end of life, where they purposely de-orbit it with their last ounce of fuel versus letting the satellites just float around up there.” The company’s End-of-Life Services demonstration (ELSA-d) mission, launching in less than two months, seeks to exhibit the company’s ability to capably and safely find, dock with, and remove orbital debris. The ELSA-d space debris removal mission revolves around two pieces of machinery: a service vehicle (approximately 175 kg) and a smaller client vehicle (approximately 17 kg). The service vehicle is the deorbiter, which physically seeks out, latches onto, and retrieves target debris objects.
Direction: Choose the correct statement with reference to the passage.
I: To ensure space safety, special attention needs to be paid to the maintenance of space debris.
II: SpaceX and OneWeb are trying to mitigate debris in space.
III: The life-cycle of Satellites is not predetermined.
Only II and III
Only I and III
Only II
Only I
All I, II and III
- Statement I: This is correct. The passage emphasizes the importance of paying special attention to maintaining and removing space debris for safety.
- Statement II: This is incorrect. The passage does not state that SpaceX and OneWeb are trying to mitigate space debris. Instead, they are contributing to the increase in space junk.
- Statement III: This is incorrect. The passage discusses Jonathan Rasmussen's call for satellites to have a predetermined plan for de-orbiting, indicating a need for predetermined lifecycle management.
- Option 1: Incorrect, as only statement III from the option is incorrect.
- Option 2: Incorrect, as statement III from the option is incorrect.
- Option 3: Incorrect, as statement II is incorrect.
- Option 4: Correct. Only statement I is accurate.
- Option 5: Incorrect, as statements II and III are incorrect.
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