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SpaceX Papers Show Mars Plans

businessMay 24, 2026·132 words·2 min read

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SpaceX Papers Show Mars Plans

SpaceX is Elon Musk's rocket company. On Wednesday, it filed papers to sell shares to the public. The filing is the biggest such sale in US history. The papers show Musk wants to build cities on Mars.

SpaceX wants to build towns on the Moon and Mars one day. Musk will get one billion extra shares if SpaceX puts one million people on Mars. SpaceX also spent $131million on Tesla Cybertrucks in 2025. The company warns about Grok, its AI chatbot. AI means artificial intelligence. Grok could make harmful or false content.

SpaceX earned $18.6billion in 2025. But it lost $4.9billion. It lost $4.3billion more in early 2026. The company says it may not make money in the future. Still, SpaceX hopes to start trading on June 12.

Key Vocabulary

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

Vocabulary Translations· 6 words · 12 languages

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

filingn.

the papers the company gave the government

việc nộp hồ sơo registro / documentação提出書類(resmi) başvurula presentación (de documentos)zgłoszenie (dokumentów)تقديم الأوراق الرسمية(officiële) indiening(подача) документов(向政府提交的)文件(정부에 낸) 서류 신청

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

billionnum.

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

tỷbilhão10億milyarmil millonesmiliardمليارmiljardмиллиард十亿10억

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

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)

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

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Question 1: True or False

The company filed papers on Wednesday to sell shares to the public.

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

The company says it will make money very soon in the future.

The company wants to build towns on the Moon and Mars one day.

Question 2: Multiple Choice

What does the company want to do one day?

Question 3: Multiple Choice

What is the company's warning about its chatbot?

Question 4: Matching

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Question 5: Fill in the Blank

People who buy ______ will own a small part of the company.

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