Human Space Exploration
While scientists are searching the cause of the Columbia disaster, NASA is moving ahead with plans to develop a new craft that would replace shuttleson space station missions by 2012 and respond quickly to space station emergencies.
The space agency released the first set of mission needs and requirements several days ago for me orbital space plane, which would be designed to transport a crew of four to and from the International Space Station.
Although it includes few specifics,the plan states the orbiterwill be safer cheaper and require less preparation time than the shuttle. It would be able to transport four crew members by 2012--though it would be available for rescue missions by 2010.NASA says the craft should be able to transport injured or ill space station crew members to definitivemedical care within 24 hours.
The release of the requirements showed NASA remains focused on the long-term priorities of space exploration,even as questions exist concerning the loss of Columbia and its seven member crew on February l, 2003.
Expels at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have been working for years on a successor to the shuttle. The project,known as the Space Launch Initiative, was divided last year into two parts----one focusing on a future launch vehicle, the other on a space station orbiter. The orbiter is expected to be ready sooner.
The programs managers say NASA officials have told them not to alter Space Launch Initiative in light of the Columbia disaster.
U.S.President George W. Bush asked Congress for about US$1 billion for Space Launch Initiative in 2004, funds that would be almost equally split between the Orbital Space Plane and Next Generation Launch Technology.
41 NASA plans to design the new space craft to ________
A control the International Space Station
B carry astronauts to the International Space Station
C transport equipment to the International Space Station
D train astronauts in space flights
42 Besides its main mission, the orbiter would also be used as ________
A a medical research center
B a space station
C a space ambulance
D a passenger plane
43 The design of the orbiter indicates ________
A NASAs determination to continue space exploration
B NASAs disadvantage in space technology
C the great pressure from Congress on NASA
D a heavy defeat for NASA
44 When did NASA start working on a successor to the shuttle?
A One year before the Columbia disaster
B One year after the Columbia disaster
C Immediately after the Columbia disaster
D Years before the Columbia disaster
45 According to the passage, the 1 billion funds, if granted, would ________
A be used to rebuild the International Space Station
B be awarded to the scientists working at NASA
C be shared by the two projects under the Space Launch Initiative
D be spent on the investigation of the Columbia disaster
参考答案:B C A D C
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