Quick Chat 018: Do you want to travel to space?

The A to Z English Podcast

2022-08-30

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In this episode, Kevin and Jack talk about space and if they think it would be possible to travel there in the future; and if so if they'd want to go. How about you? Share your answers to the discussion questions in our WhatsApp group chat! https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7 With listener mail from episode 14: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/technology-from-the-80s-and-90s/ Website: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/do-you-want-to-travel-to-space/ If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8 We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes. Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/  Discussion Questions: 1.      Are you interested in space, planets, and stars?   2.      Would you travel to space is you had the opportunity?   3.      Do you think people will live on the Moon or on Mars?  AtoZ_quickchat018_SpaceTravel.mp3    Full Transcript:    Jack:    You are listening to the A-Z English podcast.     Kevin:    Welcome to an A-Z English quick chat we're going to surprise each other with.     Kevin:    The topic for.     Kevin:    The day and just see where the conversation goes.     Kevin:    Check our website for a study guide with vocabulary notes, discussion questions and more, as well as links to our WhatsApp, Facebook or other social media groups where you can join in the conversation.     Kevin:    And today, Jack, I've been seeing a lot of news about the James Webb Space Telescope these days.     Kevin:    And I'm a big space nerd.     Kevin:    I love space stuff.     Kevin:    We also have talked about travel a bit in the past.     Kevin:    I was thinking what do you think in the future?     Kevin:    Are we going to be able to travel the space?     Kevin:    Do you want to travel to space?     Kevin:    Do you want to be a space tourist?     Jack:    I think not only.     Jack:    Is it the future?     Jack:    But I think it's the present.     Jack:    They already have some space tourism, I believe, for very, very rich people, so.     Kevin:    Yeah, yeah, right now, I guess.     Kevin:    It is kind of.     Kevin:    Possible there are, yeah, some.     Kevin:    Some super rich people have gone up into space.     Jack:    Like Justin Timberlake I think has been up there.     Kevin:    Most of them, I think.     Kevin    Did he?     Jack:    I think so, yeah.     Kevin:    I know.     Kevin:    I think Bill Gates was thing about it.     Kevin:    I know.     Kevin:    There was some like.     Kevin:    Japanese guy that's gone up there, actually.     Kevin:    Even in the past like.     Kevin:    10 years, even before the more recent like SpaceX and Virgin Blue or whatever, they're those companies names are there. There were some crazy rich people that were paying to go up on Russian space crafts.     Jack:    Yeah, that's right.     Jack:    That's right.     Jack:    And that's how our astronauts get there to the space station.     Kevin:    Yeah, or that's how they did.     Kevin:    I think that's going to be changing.     Kevin:    So what do you think?     Jack:    Yeah, yeah, yeah.     Kevin:    So yeah, it is possible for the extreme.     Kevin:    The Ridge right now.     Jack:    Yeah, it's 1,000,000 bucks a pop like one time.     Kevin:    I think it's more than that.     Jack:    Is it more than a million?     Kevin:    I think it's.     Jack:    OK.     Kevin:    I think it's.     Kevin:    Quite a bit more than a million still actually become.     Kevin:    Do you think it'll be possible in?     Kevin:    In o
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  • You are listening to the A to Z English podcast.

  • Welcome to an A to Z English.

  • Quick chat.

  • We're going to surprise each other with a topic for the day and just see where the conversation goes.

  • Check our website for a study guide with vocabulary notes, discussion questions and more, as well as links to our WhatsApp, Facebook or other social media groups where you can join in the conversation.

  • And today, Jack, I've been seeing a lot of news about the James Webb space Telescope these days, and I'm a big space nerd.

  • I love space stuff.

  • We also have talked about travel a bit in the past.

  • I was thinking, what do you think in the future are we going to be able to travel to space?

  • Do you want to travel to space?

  • Do you want to be a space tourist?

  • I think not only is it the future, but I think it's the present.

  • They already have some space tourism, I believe, for very, very rich people.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • Right now, I guess it is kind of possible.

  • There are.

  • Yeah, some, some super rich people have, have gone up into space, like most of them.

  • Timberlake, I think has been up there.

  • I think so.