Elon Musk has said that his Starship spacecraft – which is designed to carry people to the moon and Mars – will begin orbital test flights in less than two months. The SpaceX CEO made the comments during an evening presentation at the SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas, with the gigantic shiny spacecraft lit up in the background.
Musk first revealed plans for the rocket in 2016, updating them and calling the craft the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) in 2017. Last year, he revised the design again and changed the rocket’s name to Starship. It is 118 meters tall and apparently capable of carrying about 100 people to the moon or Mars.
The prospect of “being a space-going civilization and being out there among the stars makes me [and] many people glad to be alive”, said Musk at the event.
The “critical breakthrough” that is needed to achieve this, he said, is to make space travel as practical as air travel by creating a “rapidly reusable orbital rocket”. Starship is intended to fulfil this criterion. Musk said that he plans for the Starship to fly to 65,000 feet and then land back on Earth within the next “one to two months”.
Musk first revealed plans for the rocket in 2016, updating them and calling the craft the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) in 2017. Last year, he revised the design again and changed the rocket’s name to Starship. It is 118 meters tall and apparently capable of carrying about 100 people to the moon or Mars: The “critical breakthrough” that is needed to achieve this, he said, is to make space travel as practical as air travel by creating a “rapidly reusable orbital rocket”. Starship is intended to fulfil this criterion. Musk said that he plans for the Starship to fly to 65,000 feet and then land back on Earth within the next “one to two months”.
The “critical breakthrough” that is needed to achieve this, he said, is to make space travel as practical as air travel by creating a “rapidly reusable orbital rocket”. Starship is intended to fulfil this criterion. Musk said that he plans for the Starship to fly to 65,000 feet and then land back on Earth within the next “one to two months”.
Musk first revealed plans for the rocket in 2016, updating them and calling the craft the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) in 2017. Last year, he revised the design again and changed the rocket’s name to Starship. It is 118 meters tall and apparently capable of carrying about 100 people to the moon or Mars:The “critical breakthrough” that is needed to achieve this, he said, is to make space travel as practical as air travel by creating a “rapidly reusable orbital rocket”. Starship is intended to fulfil this criterion. Musk said that he plans for the Starship to fly to 65,000 feet and then land back on Earth within the next “one to two months”.
The “critical breakthrough” that is needed to achieve this, he said, is to make space travel as practical as air travel by creating a “rapidly reusable orbital rocket”. Starship is intended to fulfil this criterion. Musk said that he plans for the Starship to fly to 65,000 feet and then land back on Earth within the next “one to two months”.
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