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SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket will begin flying missions to Mars in just two years, if all goes according to plan.
“These will be unmanned to test the reliability of the intact landing on March“If these landings go well, the first manned flights to Mars will take place in 4 years,” said NASA’s director general. SpaceX Founder and CEO Elon Musk said via X on Saturday evening (September 7), in a job who announced the new and bold target deadlines.Earth and Mars align properly for interplanetary missions once every 26 months.)
“The rate of flight will grow exponentially from here, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years,” Musk added in the same post. “Being multi-planetary will dramatically increase the likely lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on a single planet.”
Stainless steel Spacecraft consists of two elements: a first booster stage called Super Heavy and a 165-foot (50-meter) tall upper spacecraft called Starship.
A stacked Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. It stands about 400 feet tall and generates 36 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, nearly double that of the Space Launch System (SLS), NASA’s rocket Artemis lunar program.
The SLS is disposable, but Starship is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable. Indeed, SpaceX plans to land Super Heavy on the launch pad after each liftoff, allowing for rapid inspection, refurbishment, and restart.
SpaceX believes that Starship’s combination of power and efficiency will finally allow humanity to colonize Mars, a long-held dream of Elon Musk.
Related: SpaceX tests Starship Super Heavy booster ahead of fifth flight (video)
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Starship is not yet fully operational. It has already flown four test missions, in April and November 2023, and again in March and June of this year. The giant vehicle has performed better with each successive flight, hitting all of its major goals on the most recent mission.
SpaceX is currently preparing for the fifth Starship flight, which could take place very soon; the company has already conducted test launches with the Super…
