Five Starship Launches In Two Years! Elon Musk Shares Plan For Colonising Mars
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has again shared his plan to get astronauts to Mars. In a post on X, he said that five uncrewed Starships to the red planet in two years followed by crewed missions if all goes well.
Musk said that that the success of the uncrewed missions will depend on whether the rockets can land safely on Mars.
SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years.
If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years. If we encounter challenges, then the crewed missions will be postponed another two years.
It is only possible to travel from… https://t.co/dzi03Hnyhg — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 22, 2024
"If those all land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years. If we encounter challenges, then the crewed missions will be postponed another two years," he said adding that a journey to the red planet is possible only every two years when Mars and Earth reach their closest point while orbiting the Sun.
"No matter what happens with landing success, SpaceX will increase the number of spaceships traveling to Mars exponentially with every transit opportunity. Eventually, there will be thousands of Starships going to Mars and it will be a glorious sight to see!" Musk added.
Starship stacked for Flight 5 and ready for launch, pending regulatory approval pic.twitter.com/hbXYjtrQU7 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 21, 2024
He also posed the 'fundamental existential question' of whether humans will be able to colonise another planet before something catastrophic like nuclear war, a pandemic or population collapse cripples our ability to do so.
Musk went on to bash the Biden administration citing the 'stifling red tape' that is preventing SpaceX's Mars vehicle Starship from launching for its fifth test flight.
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