Identify two themes in this excerpt from “The Cold Equation.”

“The men of the frontier knew—but how was a girl from Earth to fully understand? H amount of fuel will not power an EDS with a mass of m plus x safely to its destination. To himself and her brother and parents she was a sweet-faced girl in her teens; to the laws of nature she was x, the unwanted factor in a cold equation.”



(1) Every action has a consequence and (2) Nature requires balance.
(1) Nature requires balance and (2) Men are more fit for exploration.
(1) Men are more fit for exploration and (2) We must sacrifice for the greater good.
(1) We must sacrifice for the greater good and (2) Every action has a consequence.