Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?

Although the number of large artificial satellites orbiting the Earth is small compared to the number of small pieces of debris in orbit, the large satellites interfere more seriously with telescope observations because of the strong reflections they produce. Because many of those large satellites have ceased to function, the proposal has recently been made to eliminate interference from nonfunctioning satellites by exploding them in space. This proposal, however, is ill conceived, since _______.


many nonfunctioning satellites remain in orbit for years

for satellites that have ceased to function, repairing them while they are in orbit would be prohibitively expensive

there are no known previous instances of satellites' having been exploded on purpose

the only way to make telescope observations without any interference from debris in orbit is to use telescopes launched into extremely high orbits around the Earth

a greatly increased number of small particles in Earth's orbit would result in a blanket of reflections that would make certain valuable telescope observations impossible

考题讲解

情景:围绕地球运转的人造卫星的数量比小碎片的数量要多的多。人造卫星对太空望远镜观测的影响又非常的大。因为很多的人造卫星已经停止工作了,最近有人提出要对这些人造卫星实行人工爆破以达到减少对观测影响的目的。

推理:本题的整个结论由方案和目标构成,所以本题为方案推理
目标:减少对观测的影响
方案:对这些人造卫星实行人工爆破

选题方式:方案推理有三个评估方向,简而言之,即,答案选项一定和方案的内容相关。

选项分析:

A选项:许多不工作的人造卫星仍然在轨道上运转数年。本选项和爆破无关。

B选项:对于已经停止工作的卫星,在轨道上对其进行修复的成本很高。本选项和爆破无关。

C选项: 以前没有成功人工爆破卫星的先例。以前没有不代表以后没有,所以本选项和方案无关。

D选项:
想让太空望远镜观测无干扰的唯一办法是使用发射到离地球很远的轨道中的太空望远镜。本选项和方案无关。

E选项:
Correct. 对人造卫星进行爆破会产生很多的小碎片,而地球周围过多的小碎片会给让有效观测变得不可能。本选项给出了一个方案的否定性副作用,即,虽然没有反光了,但是会让有价值的观测变成不可能。

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