Questions
DIRECTIONS: Decide whether the bolded section is true or false. Write TRUE or FALSE next to each statement, then rewrite each false bolded statement to make it true.
1. President Trump’s 2025 Executive Order “Improving Our Nation Through Better Design” established “America by Design“ – a national initiative to improve experiences for Americans when dealing with their state and local governments.
2. The president asked entrepreneur and designer Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, to lead the National Design Studio with the purpose of improving the design of government websites, “to transform a vast sea of outdated government websites into a best-in-class service”.
3. The purpose of the newly launched America .gov, which was developed by the National Design Studio, is to allow Americans to find federal information and services from any government agency quickly and easily all from one website.
4. The America .gov platform uses Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s Chat GPT AI models to scan official federal sources and generate answers for users.
5. President Trump signed another executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to integrate their public-facing services with America .gov “within the next 10-20 years,” with the eventual goal of making “anything you might need from the United States government” accessible from the platform.
6. In addition to giving answers to any questions on government services, starting in 2027 America .gov users will be able to take action, including: submit and track passport applications, change their name after marriage, reserve campsites, select Medicare plans and help veterans access benefits.
7. SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14 launch on Monday was significant because it reached orbit for the first time.
8. While in orbit, Starship successfully delivered Starlink V3 satellites to space for the first time. These satellites are the first ones SpaceX has sent into orbit.
9. Starship 14’s flight was shorter than planned. Originally scheduled for a 10-hour mission, Starship was reportedly brought down early, completing a three-hour flight before splashdown.
10. SpaceX’s long term goals for the Starship launch system include being fully reusable and able to carry “both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.”
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