Mars500: Just like the real thing?

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New words:

pageantry - ['pajəntrē] - impressive and exciting events and ceremonies involving a lot of people wearing special clothes.

horde - hɔːd - a large crowd of people
Example: There are always hordes of tourists here in the summer.

mock - mɒk - that is a copy of sth; not real
Example: entering their mock spaceship

hatch - hætʃ - an opening or a door in the deck of a ship or the bottom of an aircraft, through which goods to be carried are passed

confinement - kənˈfaɪnmənt - the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc., the act of putting sb there.
Example: such lengthy confinement in such claustrophobic and bizarre conditions

let out - (of school classes, films / movies, meetings, etc.) to come to an end, so that it is time for people to leave.

solemn - ˈsɒləm - not happy or smiling
Example: A solemn-faced official slowly closed and sealed it behind them.

seal - siːl - o close an envelope, etc. by sticking the edges of the opening together.
Example: A solemn-faced official slowly closed and sealed it behind them.

thrill - θrɪl - thrill (of doing sth) a strong feeling of excitement or pleasure; an experience that gives you this feeling
Example: There is no thrill of a blast-off and flight through space.

blast-off - the moment when a spacecraft leaves the ground
Example: There is no thrill of a blast-off and flight through space.