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Read the third paragraph from the passage.
A common misunderstanding among Americans is about the amount of money NASA receives from the U. s.
government. NASA'S budget has accounted for 0.5 percent of the total U. S. federal budget. That amounts to roughly $10
of an annual personal income tax going toward the best space program in the world. NASA accounts for 40 times le55
than what the federal government spends on the Department of Defense. Unfortunately, programs such as Project
Constellation, which promised to return American astronauts to the moon, and ExoMars, which was designed to look for
evidence of life on Mars and eventually land humans on Mars, have been put on hold due to budget cuts.
The author uses this paragraph to develop which two claims?
Project Constellation and ExoMars have been deferred due to a shortage of funds.
The amount of money spent on NASA iS much less than the amount of money
spent on the Department of Defense.
The U. S. Department of Defense is the strongest in the world, as it uses the funds
that should actually be used by NASA.
Collaboration with Russia to build the International Space Statlon resulted in the
depletion of funds.
All the nations should come together in order to help NASA raise the necessary
funds.
The majority of the federal budget should be spent on NASA, as its work is more
important than the Department of Defense.