Dissertativa 3 - 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.

Encontre no texto “Engineers’ concerns to be heeded as NASA aims for safer shuttle” uma palavra ou expressão com o mesmo significado do termo sublinhado nas frases a seguir, transcrevendo-a para o CADERNO DE SOLUÇÕES.
3.1 - “Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm...”
3.2 - Since the group has been working overnight, they will only restart their activities in two days.
3.3 - She lay asleep meanwhile the rain continued to fall.
3.4 - We will keep an eye on the patient’s progress during the night to see if there is any improvement in his condition.
3.5 - As soon as Ruanda became independent, it established its own national bank.