(ORDO NEWS) — Humans will be able to land on the surface of Mars within 10 years.
This opinion was shared by the founder of the American company SpaceX Elon Musk.
“I have to admit that I am an optimist,” Musk warned on Twitter.
It assumes a possible landing on Mars of people even in five years.
Musk’s SpaceX company is developing the Starship reusable spacecraft.
It is created specifically for flights to Mars. It can accommodate 100 people.
Prototypes of the ship have already made test flights with a return to Earth.
All of them passed within the earth’s atmosphere.
Of all the flight tests, only that which was conducted in May 2021 passed without destroying the device.
Starship is a next-generation, super-heavy, fully reusable rocket with both stages capable of landing on its tail.
Its main feature should be the ability to launch 100 tons of cargo into orbit in a ship integrated with the upper stage, as well as refuel this ship using fuel tankers from modified upper stages.
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