Recalcitrant" comes from the Latin word "recalcitrare," which means "to be disobedient." The word "recalcitrant" means "stubbornly resistant." Two synonyms are "obstreperous" and "willful." Two antonyms are "compliant" and "obedient."
Explanation:
it could be either. it depends on how you want to interpret it. going strictly by the grammar (because of the Can), it would be interrogative. but going by the intended meaning, it could be seen as imperative (a nicely worded order). are you looking at syntax or semantics?
Asteroids offer a source of volatiles and an extraordinarily rich supply of minerals that can be exploited for the exploration and colonization of our solar system in the twenty-first century. Asteroids represent the bits and pieces left over from the process that formed the inner planets, including Earth.