Astronomy

Multiple Choice

Astronomy:

A) has not yet influenced our lives significantly, although future developments like mining on the Moon may become important.
B) studies only far-away places and has no application to our lives here on Earth.
C) allows us to predict our individual destinies from the movements of the planets, but has never had any other useful application.
D) has had important practical applications including the development of Newtonian mechanics, on which much of modern technology is based.