Elon Musk projects his proposed megarocket targeting Mars could take humans on an orbital test flight as soon as next year, but his plan provoked consternation inside NASA
Space entrepreneur Elon Musk has stoked excitement about accelerated development of private deep-space vehicles—while provoking consternation inside NASA—by projecting his proposed megarocket targeting Mars could take humans on an orbital test flight as soon as next year.
Mr. Musk’s announcement over the weekend, made with his typical showmanship, sketched out a superambitious timetable for building and testing a privately funded, behemoth rocket intended to take people to the moon and eventually to Mars. But even before details...
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