musk said that the first unmanned exploration of mars will be carried out with starship within two years
2024-09-09
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xinhua news agency, new york, september 8 (reporter tan jingjing) elon musk, founder of the u.s. space exploration technology company, recently posted on social media that he plans to launch an unmanned new generation heavy-lift launch vehicle "starship" to mars for the first time within two years.
musk posted on social media x on the 7th that he plans to carry out an unmanned mars exploration mission with starship during the next launch window for mars exploration. this mission will verify the reliability of the spacecraft's complete landing on mars. if the landing goes smoothly, the first manned mars exploration mission of starship is planned to be carried out within 4 years.
musk said that once the manned exploration mission to mars is successful, space travel to mars will grow "exponentially", with the goal of building a self-sufficient city on mars within 20 years.
the distance between the earth and mars changes in a complex manner all the time, and the launch window for mars probes occurs approximately once every 26 months.
according to spacex, starship is a recyclable and reusable space transportation system. the rocket is about 120 meters long and 9 meters in diameter. it consists of two parts. the first stage is a 70-meter-long "super heavy" booster, and the second stage is a 50-meter-long, reusable "starship" spacecraft. its design goal is to send people and cargo to earth orbit, the moon and mars, and it can send more than 100 tons of payload into earth orbit.
starship conducted its first test launch in april 2023, but the rocket exploded before the first and second stages separated. two more test launches followed, but both failed to achieve the expected goals. in june this year, starship completed its fourth test launch and achieved its first soft landing on the sea.
