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onMarsbecause

it

iscloser

to

Earth.In

the

future,humansmay

live

on

both

planets.ReadforstructureWhat'sthecontentoftherestpartofeachparagraphtopicsentenceFinally,sending

astronauts

into

space

has

helped

people

to

think

about

the

world's

problems

andouipianetasanristanu

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people

realise

that

ourplanet's

resources

arelimited

.In

order

to

provide

for

such

a

rapidly

increasing

population,scientistsare

trying

to

find

other

planets

that

could

one

day

be

our

new

home.The

greatest

attention

at

present

is

onMars

because