Elon Musk is known as a visionary.
At an event in Berlin, the head of Tesla and SpaceX now gives an insight into the schedules of his Mars project.
Elon Musk
is the head of
Tesla
and
SpaceX
and a real visionary - even if he usually doesn't keep his deadlines.
Now Musk has explained when
SpaceX
will transport
humans to
Mars
for the first time
.
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Elon Musk
is known as a visionary.
The head of the electric car manufacturer
Tesla
and the space company
SpaceX
*
has one goal above all:
Mars
*.
Musk's long-term plan is to make humanity “multiplanetar”.
He wants to colonize Mars and spread life to other planets - which is also the background to the establishment of
SpaceX
.
With his rockets - above all the "Starship" *, which is currently under development, people and material are to be used to colonize
Mars
in the future
to be brought.
At the award ceremony in Berlin,
Elon Musk
now gave an insight into his timing: “In six years we will be able to bring people to Mars.
If we're a little lucky, it might even work in four years, ”says the“ Business Insider ”Musk.
In two years' time, the
SpaceX
boss
wants to
"send an unmanned vehicle to Mars", added Musk.
Biggest unanswered question in the space industry in the next decade is what the hell to do with this capability.
It's utterly transformative.
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- Peter Hague (@peterrhague) November 17, 2020
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is not known for meeting deadlines
However,
Elon Musk is
not exactly known for meeting the deadlines he set himself.
In 20216, Musk declared that
SpaceX
wants to send
people to
Mars
for the first time in 2024
, the first unmanned flight to Mars should take place according to plans at the time in 2018.
Elon Musk also
wanted the first paying tourists to
fly around the moon in 2018.
The year 2020 is almost over and no
SpaceX
spaceship has
yet
flown
to
Mars
or even to the
moon
.
But
Elon Musk
is also a person who does not give up his plans so easily:
At the beginning he was laughed at
for his idea of
reusing
rockets
- meanwhile
SpaceX
is
doing well
with the partially reusable
rocket "Falcon 9"
and is also sending its own
“Starlink” satellites
* also satellites from commercial customers into
space
.
Elon Musk is sticking to SpaceX plans - even if it takes longer
The Astronaut: interior occupied
space capsule "Crew Dragon"
is from the "Falcon 9" rocket into
space
transports.
Your destination: the
ISS
*.
The "Crew Dragon" capsules were developed on behalf of the
US space organization Nasa
and
SpaceX was
years behind schedule
for this project too
- but delivered in 2020 *: Already two flights with astronauts:
SpaceX
has completed two flights
this year - and more are to follow.
Mars is
a major concern of
Elon Musk
, as his other statements at the event in Berlin showed: When asked whether the
Mars
project is good business or rather Plan B for mankind, should the earth ever become uninhabitable, answered
According to “Business Insider”,
the
SpaceX
boss is comparatively emotional: “We want to have a future that is exciting and inspiring.
It is important to find joy in what you are working towards.
It can't just be about getting out of bed in the morning to solve problems. ”He himself would like to be
buried
on
Mars
, he added and joked:“ Just not on impact. ”(Tanja Banner)
* fr. de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital central editorial team.