Dissertativa 2 - Português e Inglês - IME 2005

Texto para as 1ª, 2ª e 3ª questões.

Engineers’ concerns to be heeded as NASA aims for safer shuttle
(Nature, Vol 423, 19 June 2003, pg 784) 

(A) WASHINGTON – NASA has tentatively set mid-December as the launch date for the first space-shuttle flight since Columbia exploded in February. 

(B) In the meantime, officials say they will instigate several new rules designed to minimize the chances of another accident. The shuttle will only be allowed to launch during the daytime, for example, and will jettison its external fuel tank in orbital daylight. This will allow cameras to monitor the shuttle during its descent. 

(C) A more formalized mission management structure will also be instituted to make sure that any concerns raised by engineers are heard. After the Columbia accident, several engineers said that they had notified the agency about potential safety problems, but that NASA had not acted on their warnings. 

(D) Contingency plans are being considered to use International Space Station as an emergency haven for astronauts and to keep a sister shuttle on standby before each launch. If all goes well, the shuttle could resume flights to the space station by February next year. 

No CADERNO DE SOLUÇÕES, relacione cada palavra sublinhada com a palavra ou expressão a que se refere no texto “Engineers’ concerns to be heeded as Nasa aims for safer shuttle”.
2.1 - ...officials say they will instigate several new rules...
2.2 - …and will jettison its external fuel tank in orbital daylight…
2.3 - …after the Columbia accident, several engineers said that they had notified the agency…
2.4 - …but that NASA had not acted on their warnings.
2.5 - This will allow cameras to monitor the shuttle during its descent.