首页
登录
职称英语
The seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery will arrive at Kennedy
The seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery will arrive at Kennedy
游客
2023-07-27
21
管理
问题
The seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery will arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday to take one of the biggest risks of their lives. They have a 1-in-100 chance of dying during their spaceflight next month. Those, at least, are the official odds that NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration [美国]国家航空和宇宙航行局) has long given.
That is because two top officials at NASA took the unusual step of dissenting from the space agency’s decision to go ahead with the launch without fixing the potentially catastrophic problem of foam falling off the external fuel tank—the very problem that doomed Columbia 3 and 1/2 years ago.
The agency’ s safety director and chief engineer wanted to wait and fix the problem. But NASA Administrator Michael Griffin decided a July 1 launch is worth the added risk for a variety of masons. "It’s a difficult decision, highly technical, highly subtle, very subtle, involves lots of assessment of statistical risks," Griffin said in an interview with The Associated Press. "What’s really instructive is the way the various players in this controversial choice—from the head of NASA to the safety director to the astronauts themselves—are not only using the facts, but their individual unique perspectives in trying to figure out what’s right or what’s safe.". [br] What is the decision of the space agency?
选项
答案
Go ahead with the launch.
解析
这是一道词汇和短语含义题。词组“dissenting from”意思是“不同意,反对”。原文的意思是NASA的两名高级官员不同意航空局还没有解决潜在的灾难性问题坚持继续发射飞行器的决定。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2874131.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]W:Howlonghaveyoubeeninourcountry?M:Ijustarrivedtwod
[originaltext]W:Howlonghaveyoubeeninourcountry?M:Ijustarrivedtwod
[originaltext]W:Howlonghaveyoubeeninourcountry?M:Ijustarrivedtwod
[originaltext]W:Howlonghaveyoubeeninourcountry?M:Ijustarrivedtwod
Mostofthegroupmembers______(把比赛的失败归咎于)George.blamedthefailureofthega
Itwasnotlongbeforeahelicopterarrivedonthescene______(来搭救这几个幸存者).tor
ThesevencrewmembersofthespaceshuttleDiscoverywillarriveatKennedy
ThesevencrewmembersofthespaceshuttleDiscoverywillarriveatKennedy
ThesevencrewmembersofthespaceshuttleDiscoverywillarriveatKennedy
______(只要他在干工作),Idon’tmindwhattimehearrivesattheoffice.Solongashe
随机试题
Howmanypeoplediedintheattack?[originaltext]TheUSambassadortoSaudi
Upwentthepricesand______.A、thelivingstandardcamedownB、downdidthelivi
主消防控制室对共用重要消防设备的跨区控制功能的说法正确的是()。A.分消防控制
一般情况下,随着项目的逐渐进展,成本和人员投入水平呈现出①的态势,而项目干系人对
叶女士,45岁,近日感到双腿关节疼痛,行走、提重物和在上楼时疼痛加剧。因多日未愈
简述现代企业人力资源管理各个历史发展阶段的特点。
再审申请审查期间,法院的做法正确的是:()A.再审申请人死亡,其承继人声明放弃
下列关于公司公积金用途的表述中,符合公司法律制度规定的有()。A.资本公
甲公司为增值税一般纳税人,购入乙上市公司股票并通过“交易性金融资产”科目核算,购
下列荷载中,属于水平荷载的是( )。A.结构自重 B.雪荷载 C.风荷载
最新回复
(
0
)