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2017-04-13

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National Aviation and Space Administration (NASA) and its partners in the International Space Station have agreed in principle to let a 28-year-old South African become the second paying tourist on the orbiting outpost, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.
Internet magnate Mark Shuttleworth signed a contract on Dec.4 with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (RASA) to fly aboard a Soyuz space taxi to the station in April 2002, almost exact-ly a year after U. S. millionaire Dennis Tito became the first to experience space as a paying guest.
NASA spokeswoman Kristen Larson said by telephone: "We' ve agreed in principle to the flight of Mr. Shuttleworth. However, there are some final details that need to be taken care of. "
Larson would not say what details needed resolving, but said the station' s international partners including the space agencies of Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada had drafted a set of require-ments for space travelers covering "physical ability, psychological ability, language ability" and"length and appropriateness of training".
Outgoing commander Frank Culbertson of the space station said the new crew replacing his was going to be extremely busy. "The station is for workers, and it puts an additional burden on the crew to have people up here that are not doing science or conducting experiments that are pro-ductive. This is a workplace, a laboratory, a research facility," he said.
Space Adventures chief Eric Anderson said he could not disclose what Shuttleworth was paying for the trip, but added that a Russian official had been quoted as saying the price was no worse than Tito' s fare, which was widely reported to be $ 20 million.
 Who was the first space tourist according to the passage?

A.Mark Shuttleworth.
B.Dennis Tito.
C.Kfisten Larson.
D.Eric Anderson.

参考答案

B

答案解析

【内容概要】
本文主要讲述了美国和俄罗斯宇航局推出的太空旅游项目。美国航空航天局发言人透露在太空设立空间工作站的几个国家已起草文件,对前往太空旅游者提出一些要求。原国际空闾站指挥官并不赞同太空旅行,他认为太空站是工作场所、实验室和研究机构。
【参考译文】
美国航天局周二发表声明,美国国家航空航天局(以下简称NASA)和它在国际空间站合作伙伴已基本上达成共识,让一位28岁的南非人成为第二个付费上太空轨道的游客。互联网巨头马克•沙特尔沃斯于12月4日同俄罗斯航空航天局签署一份协议,将于2002年4月搭乘“苏伊士”太空出租车前往国际空间站,这距离美国百万富翁丹尼斯•迪拖成为第一个付费参观太空的游客整整过去了一年。
美国航空航天局女发言人克里斯蒂恩•拉森通过电话发表声明:“我们基本上同意沙特尔沃斯先生前往太空,但还有最后的细节有待处理。”拉森并没有透露具体哪些细节有待处理,不过,她说国际空间站的国际合作伙伴,包括俄罗斯、欧洲、日本和加拿大的航天局,已经为太空游客起草了一份文件,要求参加太空旅游的人士必须达到体能、心理、语言等方面的一定合格标准并经受太空延时训练和适应性训练后才有资格参加太空旅行。
即将卸任的国际空间站指挥官弗兰克•古尔贝森说,接替他的工作人员将特别忙。“空间站是为工作人员而设的,让那些不做科学研究和有效实验的人上这儿来,会给工作人员带来额外负担。这是工作场所,是实验室,是研究场所。”他说。
太空探索长官埃里克•安德森说,他不能透露马克•沙特尔沃斯为这次旅行所付的费用,不过他补充说,因为俄罗斯官员已经透露这次价格不低于迪拖的费用,而后者的费用被广传为2000万美元。
【精解精析】
【定位】第二段最后一行中“…after U.S.millionaire Dennis Tito…guest.”
【答案详解】细节判断题。根据文章第二段最后一句得知,美国百万富翁丹尼斯•迪拖是第一个经历付费参观太空的人,故选B。

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