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1. The document is a listening exercise about private space flight companies and space tourism. 2. It discusses Dr. Marwan Karimi's career path from being interested in space as a child to now working for a private space company called Asahi Space Systems, which plans to launch its first private mission to the moon in two years. 3. The listening exercise also discusses challenges of space travel like how to repair space stations from Earth, and the difficulties of living on Mars with its cold temperatures and need for artificial accommodations.

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Listening Unit 6: Name:Yến Bình Class

1. The document is a listening exercise about private space flight companies and space tourism. 2. It discusses Dr. Marwan Karimi's career path from being interested in space as a child to now working for a private space company called Asahi Space Systems, which plans to launch its first private mission to the moon in two years. 3. The listening exercise also discusses challenges of space travel like how to repair space stations from Earth, and the difficulties of living on Mars with its cold temperatures and need for artificial accommodations.

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Name:Yến Bình

Class:

LISTENING UNIT 6
LISTENING 1:
1. When he was in ________________fifth________________grade, the last of the Apollo missions deliver
people to the moon. That really stimulated him to be an astronaut.
2. People who desire to work in space should be trained about physics, engineering, biology,
____________________geology____________, math, or some composite of these.
3. Dr. Marwan Karimi didn't accord with the requirements for space flight at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration due to _________________poor_____ eyesight______.
4. Since taking a degree, he has employed as an engineer and a ___________rocket
specialist_____________.
5. Now he works for the successors to government aerospace programs:
________private__________________ companies, Asahi Space Systems.
6. Asahi’s first private launch will be to the __moon________________________, and it's scheduled to
take- off in two years.
7. Space travel still has a lot of menace. One of the causes is that how do astronauts and visitors
facilitate space station fixing from __________200 miles______________away on Earth's surface.
8. Scientists and people all over the world desire to acknowledge if Mars can
____________________support__ human existence.
9. If human inhabited on Mars, they'd need to stay in
___artificial_______________________accommodations, like domes, that would be filled with air we
can breathe.
10. The ordinary temperature on Mars is about ______________minus 60 degree____________Celsius.
Mark each sentence as TRUE or FALSE. Restate false sentences to make them correct:
1. Dr. Karimi is giving a talk about government space flight organizations.
………DR.Karimi is taking about a private company
…………F………………………………………………………………………………
2. Dr. Holman was once an astronaut.
…………T………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Private space flight companies are as serious about safety as government space programs.
………………T…………………………………………………………………………………
4. People must have problem- solving skills if they want to work for a space program.
……………………T……………………………………………………………………………
5. There won’t be many problems with traveling to or staying on Mars.
…………F There will be many problem with traveling to or staying on mars
………………………………………………………………………………………

LISTENING 2:
1. How often does Asahi Space Systems receive the X- Prizes for space tourism?
annually
2. When will Asahi Space Systems bring thousands of tourists to the International
Space Station?
Cooperate with orion stratosphere
3. What can Asahi Space Systems offer for the passengers?
Safe,reliable,fairly inexpensive travel to space
4. How many tourists do the spaceships that will be able to bring at a time into space?
20
5. What is the best thing about these new spaceships?
Fuel economy
6. How much does a shuttle carry when using classic fuel technology?
1984 pounds of fuel
7. Why do people build lighter space shuttles compare to the classic ones?
more energy-efficient than the original shuttles
8. What differentiates the Asahi-Orion partnership from other space tourist operations?
Dedication to the customers
9. What is the Wanderer Package?
3 days on the moon
10. What is the Experiment package?
Conduct experiments in zero gravity

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