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Want to see 16 sunrises in one day? Float in zero gravity? Be one of the few to have gazed upon our home planet from space? In just four years’ time, and for an astronomical $9.5 million dollars, it’s claimed you can.
What’s being billed as the world’s first luxury space hotel, Aurora Station, was announced Thursday at the Space 2.0 Summit in San Jose, California. Developed by US-based space technology start-up Orion Span, the fully modular space station will host six people at a time, including two crew members, for 12-day trips of space travel. It plans to welcome its first guests in 2022.
“Our goal is to make space accessible to all,” Frank Bunger, CEO and founder of Orion Span, said in a statement. “Upon launch, Aurora Station goes into service immediately, bringing travelers into space quickly and at a lower price point than ever seen before.” While a $10 million trip is outside the budget of most people’s two-week vacations, Orion Span claims to offer a real astronaut experience.
During their 12-day adventure, the super-rich travelers will fly at a height of 200 miles above the Earth’s surface in Low Earth Orbit, or LEP, where they will see incredible views of the blue planet. The hotel will orbit Earth every 90 minutes, which means guests will see around 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours.
Activities on board include taking part in research experiments such as growing food while in orbit--which guests can take home for a super-smug souvenir—and soaring over their hometown. Guests can have live video chats with their less-fortunate loved ones back home via high-speed wireless Internet access and, upon return to Earth, will be greeted with a specially arranged hero’s welcome. While enjoying the thrills of zero gravity, the travelers will be able to float freely through the hotel, taking in views of the northern and southern Aurora from the station’s windows.
DepositsHYPERLINK “https://www.orionspan.com/aurora-station-reservations”(订金)are already being aHYPERLINK“http://www.orisonspan.com/aurora-station-reservations”cHYPERLINK“http://www.orionspan.com/aurora-station-reservations” cepted for future stays on the space hotel. The $80,000 is fully returnable, should applicants find themselves unable to rise to the full $9.5 million. Travelers will complete a three-month Orion Span Astronaut Certification (OSAC) program before takeoff. Orion Span has a team of space industry veterans who together have more than 140 years of human space experience.
1.What’s the purpose of questions in Paragraph 1?
A. To ask questions about space travel.
B. To describe what you can do in space.
C. To arouse interest and introduce the topic.
D. To tell us scientific facts about space and planet.
2.What does the word veterans (last Para.) mean?
A. old soldiers B. doctors specializing in treating animals
C. researchers D. experienced people
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The luxury space hotel is designed specially for super-rich travelers.
B. A 3-month training program is unnecessary before space travel.
C. The space hotel will orbit the earth 16 times in total.
D. The space hotel can only host 4 guests at a time.
4.You can do many activities in space such as ________.
A. taking incredible photos of the earth
B. receiving warm greetings from people back on earth
C. buying a souvenir for loved ones from the space store
D. participating in research experiments and appreciating Aurora
5.Travelers can have their deposits back if ________.
A. they can not finish the Orion Span Astronaut Certification
B. they are physically unfit for space travel
C. they cannot hand in the full payment
D. the space hotel is not ready in 2022
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