APRENDIZ: YEISON FABIAN MACIAS GRANADOS

LIVING IN SPACE

Someday people will live in space. By the end of the century there will, be permanent settlements
that will allow people to lead a normal life in space. Hundreds of astronauts are going to work and
live in the space station, which will take ten years to build.

In some way, living on the moon will be easier than living on a space station. And it will be cheaper
because people won’t bring everything from the earth by rockets. The space city will be like a
gigantic glass wheel that will contain buildings, forms, factories and special meeting-places. Inside
it, people won’t live differently from small towns on Earth. It will have air so that inhabitants can
breathe, and they won’t need to wear special space-suits inside the buildings.

Scientists also believe that they will obtain water from a large ice lake on the moon. People won’t
have to do housework because robots will do that for them. Food won’t be a problem, as settlers
won’t need to eat. Instead, they will take a pill three times a day.

The first group of astronauts will live on the moon for six months and then they will return to earth
and another group will travel. This will be repeated until the first settlers can establish permanently
in the new city. Life on the moon will only be the beginning. We hope they will use the knowledge
we get there to plan expeditions to Mars, Mercury and even Pluto.
1. Read the text and answer these questions
a) How will people live on the moon?
The live in the moon is not different from the earth, in the moon will build a towns, where
the people live normal, the different is that the food is in pills, and the buildings are built for
robots

b) How long will each group stay in the space city?

The groups of astronauts will live on the space city for six months and then they will live on
the space city for six months and then they will return to earth and another group will travel

c) When will people live permanently on the moon?

When will people live permanently on the moon when the groups of astronauts can
establish permanently in the new city

d) Where will people take water from? What is life on the moon going to be like?
The people will take water from the ice lake on the moon, and I don´t like to live in the moon
because the food is in pillows and the space is small

2. Read the text again. Decide if these sentences are true or false. Correct the false.
a) Nowadays, it is possible for people to live on the moon... (F)
b) On the moon, people will have to wear special clothes. (T)
c) Astronauts will take water from the Earth. (F)
d) Robots will do the work of humans. (T)
e) This is the first step of NASA’s latest plans. (F)

3. Read the text once more and find the following information;

a) Years it will take to build the space station

ONE CENTURY WILL TAKE TO BUILD THE SPACE STATION

b) Means of transport that could take things from the Earth

ROCKETS IS THE TRANSPORT THAT COULD TAKE THINGS FORM THE EARTH

c) Material the space station will be made of

THE GLASS IS THE MATERIAL THE SPACE STATION WILL

d) Food that people will take

IN PILLS THE PEOPLE WILL TAKE THE FOOD

e) Places for future expeditions.

THE FUTURE EXPEDITIONS IS TO MARS, MERCURY, AND PLUTO