Wasp Reporter: The Right Stuff

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• Leerjaar 6

• Who would like to become an astronaut?
• Why?  
• What would be the most fun part of the education, do you think?
• What part do the students from the video think is most important? 
• What stands out looking at the graduation
                              ceremony? 

Assignment 64

• Follow the questions from assignment 64.
• Answer the questions in this LessonUp
  (NB. questions 1, 3 and 5 are groups answers, only one person per group has to write down the answers in LessonUp) 

With your group, make a list of ten things you associate with long-term space missions.

Individually, motivate why you would or would not consider going on a long-duration space mission.

Discuss which of the personality traits are most useful for an extended space mission astronaut.

Would you be a good astronaut? Why (not)?

Discuss what is best for a space mission.

Make the exam questions from the handout.

If you like, you can use the audio file to listen along while reading the text.

Finished? 

Ask for the keys and check your work

The Right Stuff

Assignment 67

Watch the video from the next slide and state whether the statements are true or false. Explain your choices.  Take the assignment in front of you so you know w hat to focus on. 

00:57

Explain your answer.

00:57

The longest time a human spent in space was 438 days.

1. true
2. false

00:57

Explain your answer.

00:57

Explain your answer.

01:20

Explain your answer.

01:20

The book Spacefaring... claims that each long-term space travel mission goes through unique psychological stages.

1. true
2. false

01:20

Explain your answer.

01:51

Explain your answer.

01:51

Explain your answer.

02:43

Explain your answer.

03:40

Explain your answer.

03:40

Explain your answer.

03:40

The NASA personality test was designed to fight boredom.

1. true
2. false

03:40

One space travel magazine questioned the usefulness of the personailty test.

1. true
2. false

02:43

Boredom during space travels cannot be prevented.

1. true
2. false

01:51

The MARS-500 project was a ground-based mock space mission.

1. true
2. false

01:51

The majority of the MARS-500 crew showed no sign of third quarter phenomenon symptoms.

1. true
2. false

01:20

The third period of the third quarter phenomenon can cause a mission to fail.

1. true
2. false

00:57

Three Russian space missions were terminated because crew members became mentally unwell.

1. true
2. false

00:57

It's quite common for long-term space travellers to suffer from a combination of mental and physical complaints during their missions.

1. true
2. false

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1. false: there may be astronauts who spent more time in space, as the time referred to in the video is 438 days in a row
   
2. true: long-term space travellers an suffer from depression, abnormal weakness, and loss of energy
   
3. true: the missions were ended because some crew members displayed abnormal psychological behaviour.
   
4. false: according to the book, all space missions go through the same stages
   
5. true: astronauts are less emotionally stable in the third stage
   
6. true: the mock spaceship stood in Moscow
   
7. false: only two of the six crew members were OK
   
8. false: it can be fought, but it's harder fighting boredom during a Mars mission
   
9. false: the reason why it was designed is not mentioned
   
10. true: a paper claims that certain coping mechanisms may not work in extreme realities of space and could even backfire

Assignment 67

Speaking exercise: playing taboo

What's taboo? 

It's a game where you have to describe a word, without using certain other words. The rest has to guess the main word. 

--> you will be divided into two groups, the group with the most correct guesses wins

--> each one of you is going to get a card on which there is one space related word 

--> underneath there is a list of words that you are not allowed to use

Taboo

Do not share the word(s) on your card with others! 

Take 5 minutes to think of what you could say to describe your word (in English!) 

You are not allowed to use gestures or refer to what other people have already said