应该选D,这句话得通过理解句子意思,到底是development还是new jumbo rocket be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit,当然是火箭了,所以A,B,C错。至于D和E,要看比较对象是否对等,D中在than的后面补出了can,使句意更明确。不是火箭和space shuttle比较,而是他们装载量的能力的比较。所以选D
The challenge here is to revise the sentence and present a complex idea as simply as possible.What will deliver the instruments in to orbit? They will be delivered not by the development of a rocket but rather by the rocket itself; the jumbo rocket, not its development, must be the subject of the sentence. The phrase a heavier load of instruments than the space shuttle suggests a comparison between the load of instruments and the shuttle, whereas it is actually the different capabilities of the rocket and the shuttle that are being compared. The comparison should be written: the jumbo rocket will be able to deliver a heavier load…than the space shuttle can. That is used to introduce restrictive clauses; such clauses are essential to the meaning of a sentence. The that is expected…exploration clause is not essential; it should be introduced by which and set off with commas.