Space Tourism - Grade 7 Listening Questions

Who is the first space tourist? (not an astronaut)

• Yuri Gagarin

• Dennis Tito

• Neil Armstrong

• Blue Origin

How do you lower the price of space tourism?

• Using a reusable spacecraft

• Using a recycle-able spacecraft

• Using a reusable rocket

• Using the ISS

How does the New Shepard spacecraft work?

• 1) The rocket goes up, 2) The capsule is released, 3) The passengers will feel weightlessness, 4) The capsule will go back to Earth, 5) The rocket can be used again

• 1) The rocket goes up, 2) The passengers will feel weightlessness, 3) The capsule is released, 4) The capsule will go back to Earth, 5) The rocket can be used again

• 1) The capsule is released, 2) The rocket goes up, 3) The capsule will go back to Earth, 4) The passengers will feel weightlessness, 5)The rocket can be used again

• 1) The passengers will feel weightlessness, 2) The rocket goes up, 3) The capsule is released, 4) The capsule will go back to Earth, 5) The rocket can be used again

Why does reusing the rocket lower space transport costs?

• The people only need to pay for crew and fuel, not repairs

• The people only need to pay for repairs, not fuel and crew

• The people only need to pay for the crew, not fuel and repairs

• They make space companies compete against each other

What's one idea to reduce living costs in space?

• Inflatable space station modules

• ISS

• Traditional space station modules

• Airliners

Would you try out space tourism?

• Yes

• No

Why / Why not? Please give at least 3 reasons (for maximum score)