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Did you know that the first space tourist made a trip into outer space over 20 years ago, in 2001? In this section you are going to learn more interesting facts about space tourism. Who knows, maybe one day you will become a space tourist yourself?

Czy wiesz, że pierwszy kosmiczny turysta odbył podróż pozaziemską ponad 20 lat temu, w 2001 roku? W tej sekcji poznasz więcej ciekawych faktów na temat turystyki kosmicznej. Kto wie, może pewnego dnia ty odwiedzisz kosmos jako turysta/turystka?

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Exercise 1

Find words related to space, using the definitions below as clues. Search up, down, forward, backward, and on the diagonal to find the words.

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Work with the slides and then, do the exercises below.

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Before working with the presentation, check how much you know about space tourism!

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Exercise 2
Choose all the statements that seem true to you. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. To travel to space as a tourist, you must always undergo training., 2. Tickets for space trips are extremely expensive and few people can afford them., 3. Those travelling to space will experience twice the normal force of gravity., 4. People can only experience weightlessness in space., 5. One of the downsides of space tourism is space sickness., 6. Space tourism has a dire effect on the environment which will only grow with time.
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Space tourists

The world’s first space tourist was a California millionaire, Dennis Tito, who paid a reported $20 million to spend six days orbiting Earth in the Russian section of the ISS in April 2001, after three months’ training at Russia’s Star City complex. What you can see in the picture is a group of the first orbital space tourists flying by a private company in 2021.

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Prices of space tickets

Prices of space trips vary, depending on the company offering them. Flying to the International Space Station for a week on a trip commissioned by Axiom Space costs $55 million per person, similarly to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson’s space venture, used to charge $250,000 for a suborbital flight, but the company has already announced that the cost will go up, probably double the price now. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin hasn’t disclosed how much it prices the space tickets, but a seat on Blue Origin’s New Shephard was auctioned off at $28 million.

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Speed

To orbit 200 kilometres above Earth, a spacecraft must travel at an astounding 28,000 km/h. If it reaches this speed (or more), instead of falling back to the ground, it will continuously fall around the planet. That continuous falling is what it means to stay in orbit. In contrast, to reach the same altitude, a suborbital vehicle needs to fly at only 6,000 km/h, which is still a lot faster than a commercial aeroplane, which flies at around 925 km/h.

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Weightlessness

All tourist space flights offer the zero gravity experience. This unique space tourism activity is something that most passengers anxiously wait for and when the moment of weightlessness comes, they feel elated. It is like floating, the feeling you get when a rollercoaster suddenly goes down. Before the trip, space tourists learn how to safely leave their seats and experience weightlessness, floating about the cabin and positioning themselves at one of the many windows around the cabin’s sides and top. On a suborbital flight, after enjoying several minutes of weightlessness, passengers go back to their seats and prepare for reentry and the return way back to Earth.

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Space problems

Many space tourists may experience disorientation and space sickness, whose symptoms are similar to other forms of motion sickness and include nausea, vertigo, cold sweats, malaise, or even vomiting. The growing world of commercial space tourism will probably create the need for some space sickness countermeasures to be “market ready”. Experts in the field estimate that three‑quarters of astronauts are susceptible to space sickness.

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2021 milestones

The year 2021 was an important year for space tourism, as each of the main companies offering space flights sent tourists to space for the first time. Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist flight with Richard Branson as one of the six people aboard. A few days after that, Blue Origin also launched its first crewed space flight featuring its founder, Jeff Bezos together with three other space tourists. SpaceX was privately chartered by billionaire Jared Isaacman to fly on the first three‑day orbital mission.

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Impact on environment

A lot of people point out that launching rockets into space is unfriendly to the environment. A space rocket emits more than 100 times the carbon dioxide per passenger compared to an aeroplane flight, so space launches can have a hefty carbon footprint due to the burning of solid rocket fuels, which release not only greenhouse gases contributing to ozone depletion but also particles of soot. What is worse, emissions from rockets go right into the upper atmosphere, which means they stay there for a long time, two to three years.

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Do you remember the most important information from the slides? Work with the bubble map below to check!

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Grafika przedstawia mapę myśli złożoną z różnej wielkości kolorowych kół z napisami w języku angielskim. W największym kole widoczny jest napis: SPACE TOURISM. Od niego odchodzi sześć kategorii: PRICES z trzema odnogami: SUBORBITAL FLIGHTS COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, SPACE FLIGHTS COST TENS OF MILLIONS, THEY MAY INCLUDE TRAINING, FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION; kategoria: SPACE PROBLEMS z dwoma odnogami: AT FIRST, TOURISTS MAY EXPERIENCE SPACE SICKNESS: NAUSEA, VERTIGO, MALAISE, AFTER A FEW DAYS, TOURISTS GET USED TO BEING IN SPACE AND THE SYMPTOMS FADE; kategoria: PREPARATIONS z jedną odnogą: PROFESSIONAL SPACE TRAVEL TRAINING; kategoria: COMPANIES z trzema odnogami: BLUE ORIGIN (OWNED BY JEFF BEZOS), SPACE X (OWNED BY ELON MUSK), VIRGIN GALACTIC (OWNED BY RICHARD BRANSON); kategoria: EXPERIENCE podzielona na dwie odnogi: SPEED, od której odchodzi DUE TO SPEED TOURISTS EXPERIENCE THREE TIMES THE EARTH'S GRAVITY oraz WEIGHTLESSNESS, od której odchodzi TOURISTS EXPERIENCE ZERO GRAVITY; kategoria: IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT z dwoma odnogami: NEGATIVE EFFECT ON ENVIRONMENT, IT WILL BECOME WORSE AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE DECIDE TO TRAVEL TO SPACE.
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Can you recall the keywords from the presentation? Complete the crossword below to check.

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Exercise 3
Odpowiedz na pytania lub uzupełnij tekst. 1. Due to massive … tourists will experience G force changes., 2. Rocket fuel releases greenhouse gases which lead to … depletion., 3. Space tourists will have to … extreme speed while on a trip to space., 4. Unfortunately, space tourism has an extensive … footprint., 5. Each tourist will go through a … training., 6. Rocket launch doesn’t only heighten greenhouse gas emissions but also releases … into the atmosphere., 7. Space tourists will have to deal with space sickness and associated symptoms such as …
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Exercise 4

Based on the information from the presentation, choose the correct paraphrase of the fragments in bold.

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    1. The first space tourist was Dennis Tito, who paid a reported $20 million to spend six days orbiting Earth. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. paid $20 million which was reported, 2. probably paid $20 million (but it’s not certain), 3. paid a reporter $20 million
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    2. Most people would be able to fly on the Dragon spacecraft as long as they can stand an intense roller coaster ride. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. unless they can stand, 2. in case they can stand, 3. provided they can stand
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    3. Virgin Galactic used to charge $250,000 for a suborbital flight. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. in the past charged $250,000, 2. used a charge of $250,000, 3. very often charged $250,000
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    4. Blue Origin made headlines launching the oldest person to ever fly to space. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. prepared headlines about launching, 2. received a lot of press attention because of launching, 3. told the newspapers what headlines to prepare about launching
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    5. Space launches can have a hefty carbon footprint. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. leave big carbon traces in the sky, 2. require a lot of carbon, 3. have a very negative impact on the environment
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Exercise 5
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Based on the vocabulary used in the presentation, type in the missing words. The first words have been given to help you. 1. All the candidates for space tourists will have to go through a series of     mTu uzupełnij         cTu uzupełnij. 2. He was     eTu uzupełnij     when he learnt that he would be able to take part in the mission. 3. You can see particles of     sTu uzupełnij     everywhere after the eruptive launch. 4. Future passengers of space flights undergo a special training in a     cTu uzupełnij     in order to get accustomed to G-forces. 5. I am waiting     aTu uzupełnij     for the news about new launches. 6. Space rockets are usually     pTu uzupełnij     by the combustion exhaust gases. 7. When I suffered from     vTu uzupełnij     I felt like I was on a rollercoaster.
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Exercise 6

Answer the questions in 2‑3 sentences.

  1. Do you think that billionaires who run space travel companies should spend their money on a better cause? Which one?

  2. What do you think about the environmental aspect of space tourism?

  3. Do you think space tourism will change the world for better or for worse? Why?

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