If you would be using an AABB pattern you would be using compare and contrast. Compare and contrast is an order of this pattern.
Answer:
Private companies do not have the technological expertise. The U.S. government will not permit private companies to build colonies. Since building a colony will not be profitable, private companies will not make the effort.
I need to read the passage in order to answer this question. If you give it I can answer but you don't have a picture of the passage.