Space Tourism

Fill in the gaps in the sentences with a word or phrase according to what you hear.

1. Richard Branson reckons this is the beginning of a new era that will allow…… …….. …to enjoy space travel ………………..…. a few hundred.
2. After his successful business career, he now aims to conquer ……. ….. and realize a ……………..........
3. His fascination with outer space comes from seeing …………………..when he was a child.
4. His project was triggered by ………….…. lack of interest in sending the ordinary people into space.
5. In 2004, his determination …. ………..… when his first spaceship 1 was built and flew it………………… into space.
6. The spaceship will only take………….… at a time and the seat will cost ………….
7. Once the mothership has reached 60,000 feet, the spaceship will be launched into space reaching three times ………….
8. After several minutes everything will be silent and……..…………...
9. Once in space passengers will be allowed to …….……..….and look through the …………….
10. Branson thinks that in fifteen year´s time the cost of a ticket will have dropped to …25,000$ and commercial space travel will once be……..


Then, read the text from the New York Times about space tourism and fill in the gaps. You can check if your answers are correct here.