Do you think that aliens could have abducted Earhart and Noonan?

buitenaards wezen

Aluminium is a light-silver coloured metal.

aluminium

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are among the 370 people who have put their names down to fly.

onder / tussen

In the 2040s there'll be a moon base the size of a small village.

basis

I'm sure the cost of space flights will come down so that ordinary people can afford them.

omlaag gaan / zakken

Do you think that from 2051 we'll make contact with aliens?

contact

Believe it or not, we're counting down to the first space tourist flight.

aftellen

Their flight departs at 6pm on Saturday.

vertrekken

The Virgin Galactic Spaceship is due for lift-off soon.

verwacht / geacht

Do you think there'll be a space elevator to take us to the moon in the 2030s?

lift

What else will the $200,000 fare to fly into space include?

rit

Perhaps our children or our grandchildren will spend their holidays on the moon.

kleinkind

Hang on, don't get too excited – the cost of the space tourist flight won't be cheap.

wachten

Every passenger will have large windows and luxurious seats.

luxueus

Do you think there will be mining for metals on the moon between 2016 and 2020?

winning / delven

Perhaps our grandchildren will have honeymoons in a hotel orbiting Venus.

in een baan draaien om

The holiday will include pre-flight training.

voorafgaand aan de vlucht

Factories in space will start production in 2050.

productie

Three hundred and seventy people have already put their names down.

opschrijven

There are rumours that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are among them.

gerucht

Later, there'll be a spaceport in New Mexico where passengers can take their space flight from.

ruimtehaven

The Virgin Galactic Spaceship Enterprise is due to take off soon.

vertrekken

It must be strange to experience weightlessness – floating freely in the air.

gewichtloosheid