PASSAGE 3 - Questions 21-30

Which of the following is NOT true about Dennis Tito?

• He has an advanced degree in aerospace engineering.

• He is now an astronaut for NASA.

• He eventually became a very wealthy man.

• He used to dream of travelling to outer space.

Tito's first trip into space was with ___________ to ________.

• the Russian/ the International Space Station.

• the Americans/SOYUZ

• members of the former Soviet Union/ the Mir space station

• the Japanese agency

According to Japanese survey, which of the following is true?

• Eighty percent of all those interviewed would be interested in travelling to space.

• Some people would pay a quarter of their annual salary to visit space.

• Only people under the age of forty are interested in space travel.

• Seventy percent of Japanese would pay three quarters of their annual salary to visit space.

According to a North American survey on space travel, which is true?

• Seventy-five percent of those surveyed would be interested in travelling to space.

• Most people would pay a year's salary to visit space as a tourist.

• Most of the people interested in space travel were under the age of forty.

• Nearly sixty percent of those surveyed were interested in a vacation in space travel.

Which of the following would probably prevent you from becoming a space tourist in the near future?

• health

• wealth

• youth

• age

When did Dennis Tito dream of becoming an astronaut?

• When he was at kindergarten.

• When he was at primary school.

• When he was at his teen.

• When he was at university.

According to the passage, who did not believe that Tito was trained well enough for the trip to space?

• Russian Training Center.

• Japanese Training Center.

• European Training Center.

• NASA

Dennis Tito made the first trip as a space tourist _____.

• in the late '60s.

• in the early '90s.

• this century

• in the late '50s.

Which of the following describes NASA's feelings about Tito's trip into space?

• extremely proud

• somewhat eager

• very concerned

• disappointed