SpaceX founder Elon Musk has reiterated his goal to land humans on Mars in the next 5-10 years.
He also has Tesla motors, the Boring business, and a mission: to make humanity multi-planetarian through a colony at Mars.
He is determined to get to his goal in the shortest time possible to make sure Mars can sustain itself before it gets too hot to support life for 500 million years.
Musk made this comment during an appearance at the Lex Friedman Podcast. The Lex Friedman Podcast was released yesterday. Musk also said that there is still time for people to escape the Earth.
SpaceX estimates that the billionaire has a net worth of $278 billion. SpaceX builds the Starship rocket, which will take mankind to the Red Planet.
Starship, however, was hit hard by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA), which delayed the publication of an environmental evaluation of Starship’s proposed orbital test in Boca Chica Texas.
It is not expected to release this information until February 28, 2022. The test launch of the massive rocket will take place March 20, 2022.
Musk said to Friedman, “Best case for landing on Red Planet is approximately five years. Worst case, 10 years.”
SpaceX’s founder, Elon Musk has once again reiterated his long-held goal to place humans on Mars within five to ten years.
He also has Tesla motors, the Boring business, and a mission: to make humanity multi-planetary. This is possible through his colony on Mars.
Mars is still far away. This massive 160ft rocket has not been fully tested and equipped with the Heavy Lift booster that is required to take it out of Earth’s atmosphere.
Musk replied, “It’s fundamentally engineering it,” when asked what factors could lead to a delay.
Starship, he explained, is “the most sophisticated and advanced rocket ever built.” It really is next level.
He explained that Starship’s fundamental optimization is to minimize the cost per orbit and, ultimately, the cost per tonne to Mars.
Starship successfully returned the main portion of its rocket to the launch pad after it completed its fifth test flight at high altitude in May.
Next up is the orbital test flight. This will be the final stage. It will also include the Heavy Lift booster. Finally, it will end with an ocean splashdown.
SpaceX booked a flight to the Moon and back to Earth for 2023 after this test flight.
It takes currently six months to travel to Mars. Musk thinks that this could drop to a month with only two flights per year.
The two-year gap between the Earth’s orbit and Mars is caused by the Earth’s orbits. With the Earth coming within a reasonable distance every year, the Earth can make a fairly fast trip.
To achieve his objectives, however, he must lower the cost to reach Mars. This is possible by moving to fully-reusable rockets.
Musk explained to Friedman that “there is a price per ton for Mars’ surface where it would be possible to build a self-sustaining town, but above that, we are unable to afford to do so.”
He explained that a trip to Mars could not be purchased for less than a trillion dollars. We need that money to make it possible.
Musk is positive that there are still opportunities for colonization on Mars, even if it faces technical difficulties and setbacks. He believes this means we must act quickly in order to build a long-lasting colony.
His concern is that Earth’s temperature will rise to dangerous levels in 500 million years.
Musk said that Earth is around 4 1/2billion years old and it has never been possible for life to be extended beyond Earth.
The window of opportunity could be there for many years, which I hope, although it may not be for very long. We should act fast while we have the opportunity, because it could be a good idea.
To ensure Mars’ sustainability before the Earth gets too hot in 500 million years, he wants to reach his goal quickly.
He is valued at $278 billion and is currently building the Starship rocket through SpaceX that can take mankind to Mars.
He stated in an earlier interview that they will create a small, hostile, frontier-like environment for the first colony as they establish food production, propellant manufacturing and power plants.
Even if he had to go through the worst possible scenario of NASA to Mars, it would be close to two years before he beat them. This is because NASA hopes to make it there by 2033. T
This is part of Artemis, which will see first woman and second man walking on the Moon’s surface between 2024 and 2025, creating an ongoing presence.
NASA will make a Mars landing possible starting with the lunar landing. This will take place in an upgraded version of the SpaceX Starship capsule.
Musk is determined to move forward as quickly as possible with the goal of reaching Mars using Starship in its full capacity.
Starship’s main design will become the world’s strongest launch vehicle for cargo and crew launches when it is complete.
Musk still hopes to reach his goal to place humans on Red Planet before 2026. But he is realistic.
Musk stated that there are many technological improvements needed to make it possible for humans to reach Mars via Starship.
Starship however, was spared a major setback by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which delayed the release of an Environmental Assessment of Starship’s proposed orbital test in Boca Chica Texas.
Musk stated to Friedman that the best case scenario is five years and worst case would be 10 years. This applies when it comes time for a Red Planet colony.
They include making Starship fully-reusable, and allowing it to reach orbit so it can refuel for its long trip to Mars.
Musk stated that if you have an enormous fully-reusable rocket capable of orbital refuelling, and high-efficiency propellants you could go to Mars.
His goal was to reduce the time it takes to travel from Earth to Mars from six months to one month.
Musk stated that Mars requires local propellant production in an interview with Clubhouse.
You could also add that this would work if you “take CO2 from the atmosphere and mix it with waterice to produce CH4 methane, oxygen.”
“If these elements are present, life can be multi-planetary. We can build a self-sustaining Mars city. This is one of our most significant efforts to ensure the existence of conscious beings for the long-term.
Musk has successfully tested a number of Starships and hopes to fly one uncrewed to Mars in 2024. This will be before any crewed flights in 2026. However, he accepts that it could push to 2031 in the worst-case scenario.
During an earlier Clubhouse interview, He spoke of a “great filter”, which is a way Mars could become self-sufficient for human life.
Musk claimed that Mars can be reached if you possess a large, fully reusable rocket and orbital fuelling.
“The main threshold for when we’ll pass the great filter? Is Mars sufficient self-sustaining to stop ships coming from Earth, would Mars cease functioning or die?”
The only thing that would cause Mars to end its existence is one tiny ingredient. It would still survive, but it would ultimately die.
It is all about getting to the point that it can self-sustain if there are calamities.
“What is first, a self-sustaining urban city on Mars or World War Three?”
BILLIONAIRE SPACE RACE: HOW BRANSON MUSK and BEZOS ARE vying for GALACTIC SUPREMACY
Jeff Bezos standing in front Blue Origin’s capsule for space exploration
The ‘NewSpace’ group, Elon Musk, Sir Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson all claim they are inspired by 1969’s first moon landing. It was the moment when the US defeated the Soviet Union in space races.
Amazon founder Bezos looked poised to become the first to go to space. He had announced plans for launch on Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft, July 20. But Branson beat him to it.
Virgin Galactic Astronaut001 was the British billionaire who made space in suborbital flight on September 9, nine days ahead of Bezos. He also flew test flights on July 11.
Bezos travelled to space on July 20 with his younger brother Mark, Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old physics student whose dad purchased his ticket, and pioneering female astronaut Wally Funk, 82.
Musk is the SpaceX founder and Tesla founder. He has not stated when he will go to space. But he did purchase a Virgin Galactic ticket for a suborbital flight.
SpaceX is the only operator to use’space tourism,’ and was first to put a full civilian crew in orbit. This mission, Inspiration4, was sponsored by Jared Isaacman.
Elon Musk, a space-obsessed billionaire and billionaire built the Dragon capsule and SpaceX rocket that took him to orbit on September 16. He was going higher than the International Space Station.
SpaceX is leading in the larger billionaire space race, with many launches carrying NASA equipment and partners to take tourists to space.
On February 6 2018, SpaceX sent rocket towards the orbit of Mars, 140 million miles away, with Musk’s own red Tesla roadster attached.
Elon Musk in his Dragon Crew capsule
International Space Station, with crew from NASA, ESA and JAXA, the Japanese space agency.|International Space Station, with crew from NASA, ESA and JAXA, the Japanese space agency.
SpaceX sent 60 satellites in batches into space for Starlink, its beta network that provides fast internet access to rural areas.
Virgin Galactic and Branson are using a completely different strategy to conquer space. It has repeatedly, and successfully, conducted test flights of the Virgin Galactic’s Unity space plane.
The first took place in December 2018 and the latest on May 22, with the flight accelerating to more than 2,000 miles per hour (Mach 2.7).
More than 600 affluent customers to date, including celebrities Brad Pitt and Katy Perry, have reserved a $250,000 (£200,000) seat on one of Virgin’s space trips. Final tickets will cost around $350,000.
Branson previously stated that he expected Elon Musk, his private rocket company SpaceX to win the race for Mars.
Richard Branson and the Virgin Galactic craft
SpaceShipTwo is capable of carrying six passengers, and can also carry two pilots. Every passenger has the exact same seat position, with 2 large windows: one on the side and one above the head.
Spaceship is 60ft in length with a 90 inch cabin that allows for maximum space to allow astronauts to floate in zero gravity.
The rocket engine starts to ignite at 50,000 feet. SpaceShipTwo separates from White Knight II, its carrier craft after it has reached the 50-mile mark.
Astronauts are passengers who reach the Karmanline, which marks the Earth’s boundary with the atmosphere.
After that, the spaceship will make an orbital flight with about six minutes of weightlessness. The entire flight lasts approximately 1.5 hours.
Bezos revealed in April 2017 that he finances Blue Origin with around $1 billion (£720 million) of Amazon stock each year.
This system is composed of a crew capsule and a booster rocket that can be reused as a New Shepard.
The capsule reached 65 mph (104 Km) peak at the top. This was just short of the official limit for space. Seven minutes later, it landed vertically.
Blue Origin is currently working on New Glenn which will be the next-generation heavy lift rocket. It will compete against the SpaceX Falcon 9.