Read the passage from The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff. It was another stunning triumph that rocked the world. Moments later, on the other side of the globe, at 5:30 AM, eastern time, NASA’s PR chief, Colonel John Powers, woke up to a phone call from a reporter. Powers's groggy response was "What is this? We're all asleep down here!” The following day, headlines read: SOVIETS PUT MAN IN SPACE. SPOKESMAN SAYS U.S. ASLEEP. A central claim of the main text is that the Soviet Union’s space program had several failures, just like the US space program.

How does this excerpt support the main text?

It provides supplemental information on how the US was able to beat the Soviet Union.

It provides supplemental information about the reactions of the Soviet Union’s first trip to space.

It provides supplemental information on the details of how the Soviet Union failed to launch a satellite.

It provides supplemental information about why the US space program was not ready for space travel.