Absolutely! My goal would be to plan a series of experiences prior to the launch that would give the children a real-world understanding of what they're seeing on the screen. I imagine many of this article's readers who arrive from HN may have a deep understanding of the technical difficulty of what SpaceX is trying to do, especially given their timeframe. How would children understand this event, however, if we simply watched the launch on screen? People hurl giant flying objects through the sky every minute of every day, so what's the big deal?
Creating soda bottle rockets in the classroom and encountering real-world (though kid-level) engineering challenges would be a first step.
Creating soda bottle rockets in the classroom and encountering real-world (though kid-level) engineering challenges would be a first step.