13) Which best describes the connection drawn between the moon and Mars in this passage ? A) NASA is working to secure a manned mission to Mars before working on building a permanent base on the moon. B) NASA is moving all its resources from studying and traveling to the moon to pursuing an astronaut journey to Mars. C) NASA has high hopes of establishing a permanent human base on the moon, but does not believe that a human residence on Mars is possible . D) NASA hopes that by establishing a moon orbiting platform as a base, humanity can then move forward from there to putting humans on Mars.

Article 1: article 2: valido accused of accepting bribes unpopular conservative senator raymond valido (r-louisiana) stands accused of accepting more than $1 million in campaign donations from the nosco oil company in exchange for his efforts to pass a bill. the bill would allow the company to build a massive oil pipeline that will span the entire east coast of the us. senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle are demanding valido release his campaign finance reports. “if valido did accept these contributions from nosco, he essentially accepted a bribe and is now fulfilling his part of the bargain,” said senator michelle saud (d-new hampshire). the federal election commission saw no evidence of unlawful conduct in valido’s fundraising. however, if the senator did accept contributions in return for legislative favors, he may be censured by the senate. what is the reporter’s motive in article 1? what is the reporter’s motive in article 2? which term from senator nelson’s quote in article 2 is an example of bias?