CHAPTER 22 OF 30
Space Exploration
2 Sual
14 İdeya
24 Termin
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Public spending on space exploration
SUAL
Some believe governments should fund space exploration, while others think the money is needed for more urgent problems on Earth. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
FOR
4
1
Space programmes have produced technologies now used daily — satellite navigation, weather forecasting, water purification, medical imaging.
DV
2
Earth-observation satellites are our main tool for monitoring climate change.
DV
3
Asteroid detection is genuine planetary defence.
DV
4
The programmes train a generation of engineers and inspire students into science.
DV
AGAINST
4
1
The same money would buy measurable improvements in health and education now.
DV
2
Much of the science can be done far more cheaply by unmanned probes.
DV
3
National space programmes are often thinly disguised military projects.
DV
4
Orbital debris is becoming a serious hazard.
DV
Space tourism
SUAL
Private companies now offer tourist flights into space. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?
FOR
3
1
Private money funds research governments will not.
AD
2
Every transport technology began as a luxury and became affordable.
AD
3
It creates a genuine industry rather than a state programme.
AD
AGAINST
3
1
Enormous emissions per passenger for a few minutes of weightlessness.
AD
2
Safety regulation lags far behind the technology.
AD
3
It is hard to defend as a priority while basic needs go unmet.
AD
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01
spin-off technology
n
A useful invention developed from other research.
satellite navigation is spin-off technology
02
opportunity cost
n
Universal
What is given up by choosing one option over another.
the opportunity cost of a space programme
03
to squander vast sums
v
Universal
To waste large amounts of money.
governments squander vast sums on prestige projects
04
cutting-edge research
n
Universal
Work at the most advanced level of a field.
cutting-edge research in materials science
05
space debris
n
Discarded objects orbiting the Earth.
space debris threatens satellites
06
an unmanned probe
n
A spacecraft with no crew on board.
unmanned probes are far cheaper
07
planetary defence
n
Protecting Earth from asteroid impacts.
asteroid detection is genuine planetary defence
08
in its infancy
idiom
Universal
At a very early stage of development.
space tourism is still in its infancy
09
prohibitive cost
n
Universal
A price so high it prevents something.
the prohibitive cost of manned flight
10
to divert funding from
v
Universal
To move money away from one purpose to another.
divert funding from health to space
11
earth observation
n
Monitoring the planet from satellites.
earth observation tracks climate change
12
extraterrestrial
adj
Coming from outside the Earth.
the search for extraterrestrial life
13
a habitable planet
n
A world where life could survive.
the discovery of a habitable planet
14
interstellar
adj
Between the stars.
interstellar distances are vast
15
speculative
adj
Universal
Based on guesswork rather than evidence.
a speculative and expensive venture
16
light years away
idiom
An enormous distance away.
the nearest candidate is light years away
17
a nascent industry
n
Universal
An industry that has only just begun.
a nascent industry with no rules
18
the super-rich
n
The very wealthiest people.
a service only the super-rich can buy
19
to aggravate global warming
v
To make it worse.
rocket launches aggravate global warming
20
a regulatory framework
n
Universal
The set of rules governing an activity.
safety lags behind any regulatory framework
21
to inspire a generation
v
Universal
To make young people want to achieve something.
the moon landings inspired a generation
22
to transform our understanding
v
Universal
To change completely what we know.
contact would transform our understanding
23
a prestige project
n
Universal
Something done mainly to gain admiration.
a prestige project with little practical value
24
weightlessness
n
The state of having no apparent weight.
a few minutes of weightlessness
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