SpaceX Says It Plans to Send a Probe to Mars

SpaceX Says It Plans to Send a Probe to Mars

Having men on mars is closer than one thinks. The company SpaceX has been working to send people to Mars. The company, based in California, has been testing rockets and sending them across the globe. One of them just landed on a platform in the ocean! By 2018 they hope to send a rocket to Mars. Their long term goal is to colonize Mars by the mid 2020s. NASA has said they are going to try and get men there by 2030. Mars and Earth only are aligned around every 23 months, so they have short launching time. SpaceX is definitely the closest to sending people to Mars. Because of this NASA has offered technological support in exchange for Martian entry, descent and landing data from SpaceX. It is hard to land on the thick atmosphere of Mars so NASA wants as much information as possible. Luckily for SpaceX they do not have a shortage of money so this mission will not stop because of money which has happened with NASA.

This mission and goal is a huge step for space travel for men. Sending men to Mars would be amazing for the world and would help with future space travel. Having men colonize on another planet is world changing. This could potentially be a place where humans live. This is a step for the future and shows how much technology has advanced. Many people hear about NASA and its important to know about these other companies who are leading the world into the future.

I think that this article gave me a very clear understanding of what was going on. The article could have improved on giving more information on the rocket. I would have liked to know what SpaceX is doing differently from NASA. Other than that it was a well written article and it had a lot of quotes and images which I enjoyed.

Chang, Kenneth. "SpaceX Says It Plans to Send a Probe to Mars." The New York Times. The New York Times, 27 Apr. 2016. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.