Women in Space Flashcards

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Realistic Possibility

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Realistic possibility is not just a dream, but sth that could happen. Has a good chance of happening.
Kinda opposite to Theoretically possible.

I thought that might be a realistic possibility, that we would be the ones, the next to go to the moons.

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Unfortunate

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Unfortunate means unlucky. If You use this adj. it means You’re disappointed about sth but perhaps You understand the reason behind it.

… so it’s unfortunate that we weren’t.

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Aspect

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Aspects meaning part of sth.

There certainly were aspects where I was challenged, I wasn’t as great in math as some of my colleagues, my handwriting is terrible. So there are things that are not my strength.

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Strength

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The quality or state of being strong: capacity for exertion or endurance.

One of your strength is saying nice things about people.

You are a man who enjoyes travel.
What’s the furthest journey You’ve ever had?
Well, I’ve been to the other side of the world.
I’ve been to australia, New Zealand.
How was it?
It was pretty boring really & quite cramped on the areoplane!
How would you feel about a journey of 56 million Km that took around 9 months?
That’s how long it would take to get to the planet Mars(red planet).

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Math

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Another way of saying mathematic!

What baffles me is that how he can solve such a math problem?
Baffling things are confusing things

Which is about size of the Mars?
Mars is smaller than earth.
A third of people who work @ NASA are women.

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Select

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Select means choose.

I was selected as an astronaut in the year 2000 I thought that that might be a realistic possibility … .

It’s been 40 years since NASA first recruited women to be astronauts.
Before we blast off out of here: Hashtag blushing.
In British people say maths.
One of Your strength is saying nice things about people. Hashtag double blush.

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