PTE Reading MC Single Answer
Read the passage and answer the question by selecting the correct response from the options below.
Dennis Tito, a renowned American engineer, and multimillionaire is known for being the world’s first space tourist who funded his own trip to space. In the year 2001, he spent more than a week in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1. It was a visiting mission to the international space station after receiving approval from the Russian Federal Space Agency as a commercial spaceflight. Dennis, however, was at the receiving end of severe criticism from NASA right before the launch, especially from Daniel Goldin, the then NASA administrator. He opined that it was quite inappropriate of a tourist to travel into space.
What was the main reason behind Goldin’s criticism against Tito?