On August 26, SpaceX tested its Starship for the tenth time. The test flight was successful. It was first planned for August 24, but because of bad weather and some technical problems, the test flight was postponed for two days.
Starship is not an ordinary rocket. It is made to be the largest and most powerful spacecraft in the world. It can be reused many times. SpaceX hopes to use it to send people to the moon and even to Mars someday. It might also allow very fast travel on Earth.
SpaceX has spent a huge amount of money on Starship. They built costly bases in Texas and Florida. Each test uses millions of dollars. Many say SpaceX is “spending money to create the future”.
Before this, Starship had nine test flights. Five of them were failures. The first three tests this year ended with explosions. But this time, everything went well.
The success of the tenth flight is a major step forward. It shows that SpaceX is doing well in space technology. It also gives NASA more confidence to return to the moon. There is still much to do, but Musk’s dream is getting closer to coming true.
1. 3. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?(主旨大意)
A SpaceX saves a lot of money.
B The test is very cheap.
C SpaceX spends much money on Starship.
D Building bases is easy.