Alvarez, Dylan

Mr. Wisner

World History

3rd T/R

4-6-17

Space Travel

Link to article

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/29/technology/spacex-launch-reusable-rocket/

Key Vocabulary from the Article (Define at least 4).

o Space- a continuous area or expanse that is free, available, or unoccupied.

o Exploration- he action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to

learn about it.

o Rocket- a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance

by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal.

o Mission- an important assignment carried out for political, religious, or

commercial purposes, typically involving travel.

Summary of the Event (at least 3 major points; each point will have its own paragraph)
A. On Thursday April 6, 2017 Elon Musk who is the CEO of Tesla plans to launch another

mission space with his self landing rocket. The launching will take place out of Cape

Canaveral Florida. This is the first time SpaceX will reuse a rocket that has already

traveled into the cosmos and returned unharmed back to Earth.

B. SpaceX will save millions of dollars with the idea of using the same rocket in previous

launches for new upcoming launches. The rockets that have been used in the past usually

just burn up in the atmosphere after launch which waste millions of dollars. SES and

SpaceX disclosed to CNN money in August that SES will receive a discount of 62

million dollar sticker price of a launch reason being SpaceX is reusing a old rocket.

C. SpaceX planned to reuse a rocket last year. But the company had to postpone the original

date of the launch because of that rocket that spontaneously exploded at Cape Canaveral

back in September. Other privately own space venture companies are working on

re-landing a rocket, Blue Origin which is a company ran by Amazon. All of Amazon's

rockets have not traveled 60 miles from Earth's Surface.

Your Opinion of the Event (at least 3 sentences).

I think it is very interesting and fascinating that SpaceX is doing all this in such a

short amount of time. NASA should be ashamed that SpaceX has done so much with

there new rocket design that sets its own self down itself. It is really impressive what

SpaceX has done and I hope they will change the game of space travel.

Relate your Event to a Historical Event (compare and contrast with current event).
 On July 21, 1969 NASA landed two man on the moon Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

they made history that day. Just like SpaceX on April 6, 2017 SpaceX will make history

hopefully landing a rocket that has already been used in space by sending it back up and bring it

back down. Both of these events have and will change the pure idea of space travel and will

improve as technology gets better.

The difference between these two events are the Apollo landing was carried about NASA

which is part of the U.S government, while SpaceX is a privately owned company that carries

out its own space exploration missions. Also the obvious difference was one was a man guided

rocket and the other is a computer guided rocket.

Relate your Event to the a subtheme (at least 3 sentences).

My events relates to the subtheme of Science and Technology. The reason my events

relates to the theme of Science and Technology is it covers space exploration and testing

of rockets that could lead to better space travel. What SpaceX (what my current event is

about) is doing is starting a new trend with these kind of rockets and making a big

impact in the science and technology community.

Questions You Have About the Event (4).

How did SpaceX come to be?

What made Elon Musk want to start the SpaceX company?

How come NASA does not work with SpaceX to create amazing things?
How much does one SpaceX rocket cost.