A student researching space exploration has taken notes:
• Private companies now launch rockets alongside government agencies • SpaceX has dramatically reduced launch costs • NASA focuses increasingly on deep space exploration • Commercial crew flights transport astronauts to the ISS • Competition is driving innovation in the space industry
The student wants to explain how private companies have changed space exploration.
NASA now focuses increasingly on deep space exploration missions.
Private companies have transformed space exploration by dramatically reducing launch costs and driving innovation through competition—now even transporting astronauts commercially.
SpaceX has dramatically reduced the cost of rocket launches.
Commercial crew flights now transport astronauts to the ISS.
Correct Answer: B
Choice B. Reduced costs, innovation, and commercial astronaut transport show the change.