Elon Musk Reading Comprehension Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions based on the lecture reading about Elon Musk and his commercial ventures.

Elon Musk

A successful entrepreneur and inventor known for ground-breaking ventures in technology, energy, and space exploration.

University of Pretoria

The university where Elon Musk studied physics and economics before moving to the United States.

Zip2

A web software company co-founded by Elon Musk, which he sold for US$307$ million in $1999$.

Tesla Motors

An electric vehicle and clean energy company co-founded by Elon Musk in $2003$.

Roadster

Tesla's initial car model, which the company started manufacturing in $2009$.

SpaceX

A revolutionary aerospace company founded by Elon Musk that became the first commercial company to launch a spacecraft into orbit and safely return it to Earth in $2010$.

Model 3

A Tesla vehicle that became the first electric car to reach $1$ million sales worldwide.

Starship rockets

SpaceX rockets intended for transportation to create a lasting human presence on Mars.