AP Text Structure 01132026

To compare planets and rank them by how quickly people could colonize them

To list every space mission and the date it was launched in a long timeline

To introduce the debate and state the article’s main claim about exploring space

To give step-by-step instructions for constructing a small model rocket at home

It shows costs and challenges so readers are discouraged from supporting exploration efforts

It promotes short-term space tourism as the primary reason the author supports exploration

It shows Earth’s threats and viewing exploration and cooperation as solutions

It interrupts the article’s main idea with unrelated details that weaken the author’s claim