The Starship spaceship could reach orbit in less than six months, chief executive Elon Musk said.
A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship Mars spaceship could reach orbit in less than six months and fly humans next year, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said Saturday during an unveiling at the company’s facility in south Texas.
Musk did not give an updated timeline for when Starship — essentially a second-stage rocket and lander — would go to Mars. SpaceX has said its “aspirational goal” is to send cargo missions to the Red Planet in 2022.“It’s going to be pretty epic to see this thing take off and come back,” said Musk said of Starship.Elon Musk stands in front of the towering stainless steel prototype known as Starship Mk 1.
Though Starship was the focus of Saturday’s event, Musk said less than 5% of SpaceX’s resources were dedicated to working on development of the Mars spaceship. A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship Mars spaceship could reach orbit in less than six months, Elon Musk said at Saturday's presentation.
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