Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences.

1. The program started a) a robot arm used to retrieve

in the late 1960s and and deploy payloads.

2. Thermal control is also b) removing some of the internal

maintained by stringers in the hydrogen tank.

3. Later many of the tiles on the c) with the exception that the avionics

cooler portions of the Shuttle continues to be improved.

4. Additional weight was d) adjusting the orientation of the Shuttle

saved by relative to Earth and Sun.

5. Inside the payload bay is the e) has totally dominated NASA’s manned

Remote Manipulator System, operations since the mid 1970s.

6. Internally The Shuttle remains f) were replaced by a large blankets of

largely similar to the original insulating felt-like material.

design,

Speaking

1. Divide into groups. Your design team is going to introduce some new improvements in Space Shuttle design. Speak about the advantages of your improvements. You might need some speech patterns:

I have a great pleasure to …

The object of this presentation is to show…

Let me give my explanation of …

Let me now turn to …

In conclusion, let me say …

Any questions or comments?

I’d like to thank you all for …

UNIT 7

Shuttle Buran

Preparing to Read

A) Brainstorm all possible terms related to the topic.

B) Compare your list with your partner and explain the reasons why you chose these terms.

C) Work in pairs and discuss whether it is important for the people to develop reusable space vehicles.

Reading 1

Scan the text and highlight all the adjectives defining Shuttle Buran.

Read the text and write a brief heading for each paragraph.