曼哈顿逻辑求解

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8. NASA
If life exists elsewhere in the solar system, scientists suspect it would most likely be
on Europa, an ice covered moon orbiting Jupiter. However, NASA recently scrapped
an unmanned science mission to Europa and reassigned most of the employees
involved in the project to another project which focuses on landing an astronaut on
Mars. Polls show that Americans are far more fascinated by space travel than they
are by discovering life elsewhere in the universe. Critics argue that NASA's decision-
making process places a greater emphasis on public interest than it does on the
importance of scientific research.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen NASKs contention that its
critics are misinformed?
(A) In 2007, NASA will spend 30% of its total budget on developing a space shuttle
that can travel to Mars; in 2013, tharflgure is expected to drop to 0%.
(B) Studies have shown that Congress traditionally determines NASKs budget by
assessing public interest in NASA's projects.
(C) Some scientists are convinced that a mission to Europa would add immeasur-
ably to our understanding of the universe; others believe that we will gain. little
insight from exploring Europa.
(D)A new telescope that has been developed in Tokyo allows scientists to look at
Europa in ways never possible before and promises to yield more information
than the planned mission was designed to provide.
(E) Most Americans feel that a shuttle to Mars is the next logical step in the devel-
opment of a system that will eventually allow humans to travel to places as far
away as Europa and beyond.

这是原题，答案选D，疑问C。
题中critics说NASA的decision忽略了importance of scientific research，但是C中说明NASA的决定并不是因为public interest而是scientist也认为mission to Europa是没有多大意义的，所以不就应该是weaken了原文的claim吗？
另外最近做了很多逻辑，发现自己就是跟出题人的思路完全不一致，喜欢钻牛角尖，忽然觉得回到高中时代跟老师较劲的日子。。。还有不到四周就考试了，想问一下逻辑现在到底应该怎么办。（OG看了两遍，feifei做了一半被打击了决定先看曼哈顿，快看完了，另外在看bible）
谢谢各位。