Said than done. Among all the criticisms that can move to Elon Musk is not covered, of course, is to get lost in the chatter. And, in fact, the owner of the Tesla Motors, SpaceX, SolarCity, PayPal (and much more) has just revealed, in the course of the International Astronautical Congress, all the details of his ambitious project to bring human beings on Mars by 2024. Statements that arrive a few days after the first test of the new engine-powered Raptor, designed, precisely, to push the ship should start at the time of the red planet.
In his speech, Musk has unveiled the timeline of the mission and is shown in the video, the rocket and the spaceship rivals to SpaceX, telling the audience that "what you see is very similar to the one that actually will build". According to the estimates, the development of the rocket cost is around $ 10 billion, and, if not encounter hitches and delays, the first passenger could take off eight years.
At the time, emphasizes the New York Times, SpaceX is funding the mission with a few tens of millions of dollars each year, even if the company is looking for new partnerships, both with private companies and with public companies (at the time, SpaceX already works with the Nasa, and with the u.s. air force for other projects).
Here are a few more detail. Each vehicle will bring approximately 100 passengers, and Musk has in mind to launch a rocket every 26 months, when the conditions of alignment-Mars-Earth are more favourable.
The ticket, at least at the beginning, it will not be exactly cheap (we’re talking about half a million dollars), though, ensures Musk, "the price will drop by approximately 60% in the subsequent years)". The trip should last about three months, during which, it is always Musk to speak, "you can have fun playing with microgravity, watch movies, and make use of the pizzeria on board. It will be very interesting,".
The landing should be rather soft: the rarefied atmosphere of Mars to slow the spacecraft, and the retropropulsori supersonic will do the rest, allowing the rocket to land vertically, ready for the take-off of the return trip, in the same way as already happened with the rockets, Falcon 9 (mishaps aside). To ensure the presence of a cologne stable on Mars – with a million inhabitants – it will take approximately 10 thousand flights (for passengers only), plus all the other needed to transport resources and tools. the "The company is quite ambitious. Before Mars becomes self-sufficient they will have to go between forty years and a century". For now we await the laying of the first stone.
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