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salouh
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� Unfortunately, space tourism is
only available to the super rich. The high cost of a “space vacation” makes it
impossible for most people, but several private companies believe that the cost
will soon come down. New technological developments should lower fares
initially to about $100,000, but the price could quickly drop to $10,000. Although
this sounds high, estimates indicate that at least half a million people each
year would pay $50,000 for a ticket to space. For example, tourists can expect to pay $200,000 or
more just for a flight lasting a few hours. The costs to stay in space for a
day or longer would cost millions of dollars. However, the days of a family
vacation in space are probably very far away. If you don �t want to wait for space hotels and cruise ships, Space Adventures offers passengers zero-gravity flights for about $6,000. For about $13,000, you can ride a Russian Mig-25*, flying 82,000 feet (24,994 m) up to the edge of space. These prices also include a two-night stay in Moscow. Still too much money for your budget? Some, including Apollo 11 astronaut and ShareSpace Foundation chairman Buzz Aldrin, have proposed a space-trip lottery system to give everyone a chance to go. True or False. Justify your answers with precise details from the text. Space flights’ costs will drop as technology improves. (prg2) T / F . Only in space one can experience zero gravity. (prg4) T / F |
10 Oct 2015
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yanogator
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T: "New technological developments should lower fares initially to about $100,000, but the price could quickly drop to $10,000."
For the second one, we can �t say if it �s true or false from the information given. It mentions a zero-gravity flight, but doesn �t say where it is. It then mentions a flight "to the edge of space", but doesn �t say if it is zero-gravity. These are clearly two different flights, because they have different prices. Bruce |
10 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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I agree with yanogator. Technically the information is not clear enough to answer the second question though there �s an implication that both flights provide a �zero-gravity � flight experience, even if the MiG flight doesn �t specifically mention it. But in test questions, you must avoid ambiguity and you should avoid questions that can be answered through �general knowledge � separate from the text. The questions themselves are worded poorly and that doesn �t help. Space flights’ costs will drop as technology improves. (prg2) T / F
--->The cost of space flights will fall as technology improves. (prg2) T / F
Only in space one can experience zero gravity. (prg4) T / F
--->You can only experience zero gravity in space. (prg4) T / F Not sure if you wrote these questions yourself Salouh, or you were set them as a task. If writing questions is something you do as part of your work, it might be useful to get some tips on how to do this - it �s not as easy as people imagine! :-) Here �s one source of advice: Tips for Writing Effective True-False Questions http://712educators.about.com/od/testconstruction/a/Tips-For-Writing-Effective-True-False-Questions.htm You can find many others. Google: how to write test questions Interestingly, it turns out weightlessness and zero gravity are not the same thing and in fact zero gravity doesn �t really exist. And you can experience weightlessness when you are not in �space �. I �d love to ride in a MiG-25 to the edge of space! You pay for my ticket, and I �ll answer your second question ;-) Tap |
11 Oct 2015
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