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Elon Musk has unveiled his plans to colonize Mars at the International Astronautics Conference, including a massive new SpaceX rocket, the "Interplanetary Transport System":
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils grandiose plan to colonize Mars - CBS News
So this latest upcoming SpaceX vehicle will be the biggest and most powerful rocket ever - even dwarfing both the Saturn-V as well as the New Glenn rocket most recently announced by Jeff Bezos and his company Blue Origin. Due to fly in the next 5 years, it's simply YUUUUGE!
The 2-stage launch system will be powered by a total of 54 engines, one of which was successfully test-fired for the first time just the other day:
Generating 3 MegaNewtons of thrust each, they will collectively give the launch system 4 times the thrust of the Saturn-V.
Concept art illustration - Sitting on Enceladus, one of Jupiter's moons
Musk plans to start the ticket price at ~ $500K for each person who wants to go, eventually bringing the price down to ~ $100K per person. The goal will be to expand human civilization to Mars by colonizing it - although in principle the spaceship will be able to travel all over the Solar System.
Any takers?
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils grandiose plan to colonize Mars - CBS News
In a long-awaited presentation Tuesday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk unveiled a grandiose, long-range plan for building reusable super boosters and huge spaceships to eventually carry tens of thousands of people to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system with the eventual goal of building self-sustaining colonies.
So this latest upcoming SpaceX vehicle will be the biggest and most powerful rocket ever - even dwarfing both the Saturn-V as well as the New Glenn rocket most recently announced by Jeff Bezos and his company Blue Origin. Due to fly in the next 5 years, it's simply YUUUUGE!
The 2-stage launch system will be powered by a total of 54 engines, one of which was successfully test-fired for the first time just the other day:
Generating 3 MegaNewtons of thrust each, they will collectively give the launch system 4 times the thrust of the Saturn-V.
Concept art illustration - Sitting on Enceladus, one of Jupiter's moons
Musk plans to start the ticket price at ~ $500K for each person who wants to go, eventually bringing the price down to ~ $100K per person. The goal will be to expand human civilization to Mars by colonizing it - although in principle the spaceship will be able to travel all over the Solar System.
Any takers?