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9/09/2024 12:32 pm
For some time now, the company known as SpaceX has become a trend for having significant advances when we talk about special trips, taking into account that there have been attempts at takeoffs that were not entirely successful, which resulted in emergency landings, which clearly did not have crew members on board. After new studies and experience gained, now the company of Elon Musk will try to take flight again but now towards the planets.
Musk has revealed via a tweet that the first spaceships heading to Mars will be launched within two years, coinciding with the next Earth-Mars transfer window. These first flights will be unmanned, as their primary purpose is to test the ability to land safely on the red planet. If the landings are successful, the CEO anticipates that manned flights could take place within four years.
The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
Flight rate will… https://t.co/ZuiM00dpe9
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 7, 2024
The long-term vision of Musk is to rapidly expand the rate of flights to Mars after these first missions. His plan is for launches to increase exponentially with the goal of building a self-sustaining city on Mars within the next 20 years. The ultimate goal is to ensure that humanity becomes a multi-planetary species, which Musk says will greatly increase the likelihood of preserving human consciousness by not relying exclusively on a single planet.
This ambitious project marks another step towards the vision of SpaceX to colonize the planet and make interplanetary life a reality. According to Muskexpansion to other planets is crucial to ensuring humanity’s long-term survival.
We will have to wait to find out the exact date in the following years.
Via: Twitter
Author’s note: It could definitely be a breakthrough, if the landing is successful. We’ll have to wait a little longer to clear up any doubts.
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