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according to cctv news on the 23rd, local time on september 22nd,elon musk, founder of spacex, said in a statement on the social media platform x that spacex plans to launch about five unmanned interstellar spacecraft to mars within two years.

musk also said in the statement:if all spacecraft land safely, spacex may be able to carry out manned missions within four years. if the launch mission encounters challenges, the manned mission will be postponed for another two years.

according to xinhua news agency, elon musk 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, the space journey 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 way all the time, and the launch window of the mars probe is about 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.

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