Tech Times By CJ Robles 10/17/2020
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Starship Mars Mission Is Almost Ready, But Has to Wait 4 Years
Elon Musk's SpaceX is almost ready to begin its construction of a Martian city as it will soon launch its first Starship mission to Mars by 2024.
The CEO made his claims on Friday, October 16, during the International Mars Society Convention. Musk said the company
remains on schedule to launch the maiden unmanned SpaceX Starship Mars Mission within four years.
"I think we have a fighting chance of making that second Mars transfer window," Musk told Mars Society founder Robert Zubrin
in an interview. Musk was referring to an opportunity to Mars mission that only happens every 26 months. Earlier in July, NASA, the United Arab Emirates, and China all launched their respective missions to Mars. Although there will be an earlier launch opportunity in 2022, Musk was referring to the Mars launch window in 2024.
SpaceX's Mars mission timeline
Musk has long planned to establish a permanent and self-sustaining community on Mars just in case Earth becomes uninhabitable after being struck by an asteroid strike or a nuclear war.
Mars Society founder Robert Zubrin said during the convention that SpaceX is taking on the biggest single challenge, which is the transportation system. Other systems are going to be needed. However, as a space transportation company, its only goal is to carry cargo and humans to and from the Red Planet, facilitating the development of someone else's Mars base.
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