Musk Unveils Ambitious Mars Settlement Vision Despite Starship Setbacks
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Elon Musk outlined a plan for settling Mars, aiming to preserve "consciousness" there even if something happened to Earth.
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The Starship rocket is key to carrying massive payloads for Mars missions, but it has suffered setbacks and not yet reached orbit.
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The next Starship test will try landing on an "ocean platform," before attempting to land on a launch tower in Texas.
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Reusable rockets are critical for the thousands of launches and millions of tons of cargo needed for Mars settlement.
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Experts doubt Musk's ambitions, and Starship first needs to prove itself by landing astronauts on the Moon for NASA.