Fill each space (33-40) with one word. Write your answer only here in this exam booklet.
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Reaching for the Stars
The line “to boldly go where no man has gone before” is known not only to the dedicated trekkies but also to many television viewers (0) across the world. It was spoken at the beginning of every episode of Star Trek.
Mankind has always been attracted to the mysteries of space. Last century, this attraction grew into a space race between the former Soviet Union and the United States, which reached culmination in the moon landing in 1969. Today, however, there is a new space race of us. It's a race among commercial spaceflight companies to rocket the first paying passengers into space.
Collaboration between scientists and private companies has opened up the opportunity for commercial space flights, will be technically feasible within five years. Tourists will be paying $200,000 for a four-minute suborbital flight. You might wonder who can afford this, for the immensely rich. However, a large of deposits of $20,000 a seat have already been made. Space tourism could out to be highly profitable for companies offering trips into space. It's astonishing how quickly investors gather when is money to be made.
It seems that of reaching for the stars, mankind will be reaching for big money.
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