Dennis Tito

Dennis Tito (born August 8, 1940 in Queens, New York) is a United States multimillionaire who gained celebrity status by becoming a space tour­ist. Tito has a Bachelor of Science in Astronautics and Aeronautics from New York University, 1962 and he later received a Master of Science in Engi­neering Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic In­stitute, Troy, New York. He received an honorary doctorate of engineering from Rensselaer Polytech­nic Institute on 18 May 2002 and is a former sci­entist of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 1972 he founded Wilshire Associates, an investment management firm in Santa Monica, California which does indexing.

Tito joined Soyuz TM—32 on April 28th, 2001, spending 7 days, 22 hours, 4 minutes in orbit, and docked with the ISS. Tito paid 20 million United States dollars for his trip.

TEXT WORK

Pronounce correctly and transcribe. Consult the dictionary if

Necessary.

Multimillionaire, bachelor, astronautics, aeronautics, honorary doc­torate, scientist, propulsion, science, engineering.

Answer the questions.

1. When and where was Dennis Tito born?

2. What education did he get?

3. Where did he work before 1972?

4. What company did he found?

5. Why did he gain celebrity status?

Unit 2. Space Tourism

6. When did he fly into the space?

7. How long did he spend on the ISS?

8. How much did he pay for his trip?

Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations. Find and translate sentences with them in the text.

Celebrity status, a Bachelor of Science in Astronautics and Aeronau­tics, a Master of Science in Engineering Science, Jet Propulsion Labo­ratory, joined Soyuz TM-32.