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SpaceX Plans City on Mars

businessMay 24, 2026·98 words·1 min read

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SpaceX Plans City on Mars

SpaceX is a rocket company. Elon Musk owns it. On Wednesday, the company filed papers. It wants to sell shares to the public. The papers show Musk wants a city on Mars.

SpaceX wants to put people on the Moon and Mars. Musk will get rich if SpaceX puts people on Mars. SpaceX also warns about Grok. Grok is an AI chatbot. AI means artificial intelligence. It can make bad content.

SpaceX made $18.6billion in 2025. But it lost a lot of money. The company may not make money soon. SpaceX will start trading on June 12.

Key Vocabulary

n.: a computer that talks with people
adj.: computers that can think like people
num.: one thousand million (1,000,000,000)
n.: buying and selling shares
n.: text, pictures, or video on the internet

Vocabulary Translations· 5 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

chatbotn.

a computer that talks with people

chatbot (bot trò chuyện)chatbot (robô de conversa)チャットボットsohbet botuchatbotchatbotروبوت محادثةchatbotчат-бот聊天机器人챗봇

artificial intelligenceadj.

computers that can think like people

trí tuệ nhân tạointeligência artificial人工知能yapay zekâinteligencia artificialsztuczna inteligencjaالذكاء الاصطناعيkunstmatige intelligentieискусственный интеллект人工智能인공지능

billionnum.

one thousand million (1,000,000,000)

tỷbilhão10億milyarmil millonesmiliardمليارmiljardмиллиард十亿10억

tradingn.

buying and selling shares

giao dịch (cổ phiếu)negociação (de ações)（株の）取引(hisse) işlemlerinegociación (de acciones)obrót (akcjami)تداول (الأسهم)handel (in aandelen)торги (акциями)（股票）交易(주식) 거래

contentn.

text, pictures, or video on the internet

nội dungconteúdoコンテンツ（文章や画像）içerikcontenidotreściمحتوىinhoud (content)контент内容（文字/图片/视频）콘텐츠 (글·이미지 등)

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Question 1: True or False

The company filed papers on Wednesday.

The company made a lot of money and had no losses in 2025.

The company wants to stop selling shares to the public.

The chatbot can make bad content.

Question 2: Multiple Choice

What does the company want to do one day?

Question 3: Multiple Choice

What does the company say about its AI chatbot?

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