Jawaban:

1. The purpose of the text is to provide information about the establishment and development of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center.
2. The text is about the establishment and development of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, including its founding, land acquisitions, construction of facilities, and its role in NASA's mission.
3. NASA was founded on October 1, 1958, with the signing of Public Law 85-568 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
4. Dr. T. Keith Glennan was the administrator of NASA on August 19, 1958.
5. The purchase of land on Merritt Island was intended to provide a location for the Kennedy Space Center.
6. NASA's headquarters is located on the Merritt Island side of the Banana River.
7. The Apollo spacecraft was being tested in the Operations and Checkout Building (0&C) at the Kennedy Space Center.
8. The place for NASA's Space Shuttle launch and landing operations is also the Kennedy Space Center.
9. Paragraph two mostly talks about NASA's request for appropriations to purchase land on Merritt Island, which eventually became the Kennedy Space Center.
10. The underlined word in "NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has played a pivotal role in NASA's mission" is "pivotal," which means crucial or important.