Posted 4/13/2024, 10:00:01 AM
Musk Details Vision for Giant Starship Rocket to Enable Future Mars Colonization
- Starship will grow to 500 feet tall (150 m) to enable future Mars missions, carrying over 200 tons to orbit
- Advances will lower launch costs to $3 million per flight, 1/3 of inflation-adjusted cost of 2004's Falcon 1
- Artemis 3 moon landing delayed to 2026 partly due to Starship not being ready yet
- Next Starship test flight aims to land booster stage in Gulf of Mexico in May
- Musk envisions launch rates up to 10 Starships per day to enable settling 1 million people on Mars in 20 years