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08-02-2023 09.00

Katya Echazarreta was born in Mexico, and she moved to the United States when she was a child.

(Katya Echazarreta lahir di Meksiko, dan dia pindah ke Amerika Serikat ketika dia masih kecil.)

Recently, she became Mexico’s first astronaut when she took part in the fifth Blue Origin mission. When she was 26, she also became the youngest American to travel to space.

(Baru-baru ini, dia menjadi astronot pertama Meksiko ketika dia ikut serta dalam misi Blue Origin kelima. Saat berusia 26 tahun, dia juga menjadi orang Amerika termuda yang melakukan perjalanan ke luar angkasa.)

For many Mexican people, Echazarreta became a role model. She studied engineering and became very successful. Then she saw that many engineers in Mexico became drivers or repairmen.

(Bagi banyak orang Meksiko, Echazarreta menjadi panutan. Dia belajar teknik dan menjadi sangat sukses. Kemudian dia melihat banyak insinyur di Meksiko menjadi pengemudi atau tukang reparasi.)

Echazarreta decided to take a break at NASA to change laws in Mexico. At the moment, the country has no laws on the aerospace industry. For example, private companies can’t launch their rockets in Mexico. She wants to change the situation and boost the local aerospace industry.

(Echazarreta memutuskan istirahat dari NASA untuk mengubah undang-undang di Meksiko. Saat ini, negara tersebut tidak memiliki undang-undang tentang industri kedirgantaraan. Misalnya, perusahaan swasta tidak dapat meluncurkan roketnya di Meksiko. Dia ingin mengubah situasi ini dan meningkatkan industri kedirgantaraan lokal.)

Kata-kata sulit: role model (panutan), aerospace industry (industri kerdirgantaraan), boost (meningkatkan).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

(Anda dapat menyaksikan video aslinya di Level 3.)