On Deck: Mars NASA sees Gateway as a base for staging missions beyond the moon. What’s the next stop? Mars. The space agency plans to build a special craft for the trip. The Dee…

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On Deck: Mars NASA sees Gateway as a base for staging missions beyond the moon. What’s the next stop? Mars. The space agency plans to build a special craft for the trip. The Deep Space Transport will carry astronauts from Gateway to the Red Planet and back. This will reduce the enormous cost of shuttling supplies for a Mars mission all the way from Earth. The Mars transport could even expand its size by attaching one of Gateway’s habitat modules. –“Moon Mission,” Jeffrey Kluger Which statement best expresses the central idea of this passage? NASA plans to use Gateway to reduce the costs of transporting supplies. NASA plans to get a closer look at Mars from Gateway's telescopes. NASA wants to explore Mars and possibly beyond. Mars is a red planet.