Question

have children my own age. (14)i no longer have anything to do with earth or it with me. even the news of our safe arrival won’t reach them for another quarter of a century, along with our invitation to join us on einstein, humankind’s new blue planet. (15)tom and i are scheduled to land in just over a month. but we’re already einsteinians. for real. read the following sentence from paragraph 3. when the astronomers assigned us a new target, and the engines had to be restarted to correct the trajectory to fomalhaut - 7, there was a strange period when her clock suddenly accelerated, catching up to mine. the word trajectory comes from the latin word traicere, meaning “to cause to cross.” which word is closest to the meaning of trajectory? flight line path race

Explanation:

The word "trajectory" refers to the path followed by an object in motion. Among the options, "path" is the closest in meaning as it also indicates a course or route. "Flight" is more about the act of flying, "line" is a more general geometric concept, and "race" is about a competition.

Answer:

C. path