阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
For over thirty years,the Hubble Space Telescope(望远镜)had helped scientists get a deeper understanding of outer space.Then in the year 2022,its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope,entered service.
Just like Hubble,the new telescope is named after a famous person.However,while Edwin Hubble was a widely﹣respected astronomer(天文学家),James E.Webb was neither a scientist nor an engineer.So why is he worth remembering?
To find out the answer to this question,let's go back to
1961.By then,Webb had enjoyed working in public service.He was invited to work as the leader of NASA.However,he was unwilling to take the job since he knew little about science and technology.But he was told that NASA needed a leader with excellent management skills.Finally he had to accept the invitation.
Under Webb's management,NASA made great progress in its exploration of space.The organization developed robotic spacecraft to explore the moon.It also sent space probes(航天探测器)to Mars and Venus.
▲.One of the worst accidents in the history of spaceflight happened on January 27,
1967.Three astronauts died during a test.After the accident,Webb tried his best to lead the organization to correct all of the problems.His hard work helped NASA achieve more future success.In July 1969,nine months after Webb had retired(退休)from NASA,Apollo 11's astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
Webb played an important role in human exploration of the space.He turned people's imagination into reality.It's no wonder that NASA decided to remember this man by naming its new space telescope after him.