Private Space Companies Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Experts in space flight and _____ of space programs have become convinced that government lead space programs are not the future of spaceflight. [plural noun]
  2. 8. Life-support systems have _____ in case something fails during spaceflight. [plural noun]
  3. 9. That hunger caused them to build _____ spacecraft that got the job done so to speak without being overly protective or averse to risk.
  4. 10. strides Taking risks these days, companies like SpaceX are _____ in their space programs, which have accomplished amazing things. [verb in gerund form]
  5. 12. More _____ also meant that sometimes administrators would fail to address an urgent problem that jeopardized the space mission.
  6. 13. Less work was done on time and it was common for there to be a _____ from the program’s goals. [verb in gerund form]
  7. 15. In 2003, a space shuttle _____ re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere killing seven astronauts. [past tense verb]
Down
  1. 1. Four Russian _____ were killed in spaceflights in 1967 and 1971. [a plural noun]
  2. 2. Leading up to this recent flight some were skeptical of the company’s chances of success, feeling that SpaceX might _____ in their desire to earn profits and have successful space flights. [two words together]
  3. 3. Other government _____ and even the American public were allowed to analyze the faults and failures of NASA and call for changes in programs and leadership. [plural noun]
  4. 5. Additionally, those experts pointed out a lack of financial _____ for making safe space craft.
  5. 6. SpaceX in response _____ themselves to NASA’s safety requirements. [past tense verb]
  6. 7. Each space craft needs to provide protection against many possible _____ that are inherent in traveling in space. [plural noun]
  7. 11. What is more, government programs are funded by taxpayer dollars which means that when a catastrophe happens the program is not only analyzed internally but it also is subject to public _____.
  8. 14. Many experts in space programs are in favor of the early days of spaceflight in the 1950s and 1960s when it was possible to take risks and constantly push the _____ of spaceflight.