alleryStart learning →Spacecraft cross the real asteroid belt safely. Why?
AIts rocks are very far apart
BThe rocks are soft like foam
CIts rocks all move away
DSpacecraft are invisible
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Its rocks are very far apart
The asteroid belt is very thinly populated, so there is a huge empty space between one rock and the next.
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