Elon Musk has given his supporters a glimpse of how he expects to place humans on Mars within the next ten years with a brand new animated video.
SpaceX Starship
SpaceX has produced a new animated video that provides a glimpse of how humans will reach Mars through Musk’s $3 billion (£2.4 billion) Starship. Elon Musk’s $3 billion Starship rocket has been in the works for a very long time, but the $3 billion rocket may soon have a date for its first orbital flight. The SpaceX Starship only has a 50/50 chance of entering orbit, but Musk claims that whatever happens “won’t be boring.”
Musk said in a statement last month: “I’m not claiming it will reach orbit, but I guarantee excitement. I believe it has, I dunno, maybe a 50% chance of making it into orbit.
Rocker’s Launch
Musk stated in the same interview that the rocker is prepared to launch once the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants it a launch permit. And now, according to a planning notice from the FAA, the rocket could take off as soon as next week. The notice’s primary date was April 17, with backup dates of April 18 to 22. The FAA stated that it had not yet issued a license. The newly anticipated flight test would involve the launch of Starship and its Super Heavy booster from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas and splashdown off the coast of Hawaii.
The rocket exploded in many of the space company’s earlier tests, although it had already successfully conducted a high-altitude flight test for a Starship prototype. Due to this, the FAA urged SpaceX to finish an environmental evaluation and modify flight parameters to prevent disturbing wildlife. The FAA issued a statement saying, “The FAA has not determined whether the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy operation requires a license.”
“The FAA’s Command Center planning notice should not be construed as a determination to issue a license has been made or is about to be made,” the notice said.
Breathtaking Animated Images
The spaceship is seen poised on the launchpad in the dramatic animated video, which features breathtaking animated images and an out-of-this-world soundtrack, as it gets ready to launch into space. The massive rocket booster that will launch the first-stage rocket into space will separate from it.
The launch vehicle features 33 Raptor engines which are capable of delivering 17 million pounds of lift-off thrust.
Nicki Minaj did tell us that ‘Starships were designed to fly,’ and it seems she was on to something. The spaceship will then make its way back to the launchpad, and everything appears to be perfectly amazing.
Second Section of Clip
The second section of the five-minute clip will undoubtedly generate the most amazement. The animation illustrates Musk’s concept many years into the future in which hundreds of Starship spaceships come and go with the help of launching pads. We also observe the SpaceX Starship descent on Mars, when it becomes evident that the mission we just watched isn’t the first one and there appears to be a human settlement on the Red Planet in a large dome. It indicates that Musk and the company are placing a large wager on SpaceX’s Starship’s long-term success.
The creation of the SpaceX Starship is part of the Twitter CEO’s aim to make humanity a ‘multi-planetary species’ by developing a human colony on Mars, with the hopes of building cities. Up to 100 passengers will be able to travel 250 times further than the Moon to Mars on the SpaceX Starship. It implies that travelers will be on the road for about six months.
Interior of Spaceship
However, the 51-year-old has already stated he is seeking to add approximately 40 cabins in the cargo section towards the nose of the upper stage. Musk and SpaceX have been mum on many Starship details, including pictures of how the interior would look like.
The Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter CEO said, “You could theoretically have five or six people per cabin if you wanted to crowd people in.”
However, in the majority of cases, we would anticipate two or three passengers in each cabin, or theoretically roughly 100 passengers on every voyage to Mars.
Mars has been picked as a prospective alternate home for mankind because, at an average distance of 140 million miles, the Red Planet is one of Earth’s nearest livable neighbors According to the SpaceX website, we can cultivate plants on Mars by compressing the atmosphere because it has good sunlight, despite being a little cold, and since its atmosphere is mostly CO2 with little nitrogen.
Wrapping Up
When may you start thinking about quitting our Blue Planet, you ask? Back in March 2022, Musk stated that he now sees 2029 as the earliest possible date to get humans on Mars. So, we have plenty of time to pack.
