Do yourself a favor and play Kerbal Space Program for a couple days until you get to orbit or land on the Mun at least
Just play the game in sandbox mode, you will learn very quickly what everyone is talking about on here and it will help you a lot with the base knowledge you need to write this paper you are working on.
https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/
You will want to watch scott Manley tutorial videos on youtube if you are having trouble.
Report back and tell if you have more questions.
Learned my lesson after holding 5500 shares since April:
I'm prepared to lose my shirt holding this stock. Worthy gamble. But to be host, this stock is disgusting