Elon Musk presented spaceship Starship
News Technologies / / December 19, 2019
SpaceX company led by Elon Musk He held the first public presentation of a reusable spaceship Starship Mk1. It's designed for interplanetary flights and is able to take aboard up to 100 people. It will be the basis for Starship colonization Moon and Mars.
According to the creators, it is the most powerful rocket in the history of mankind. ship weight was 1,400 tons with a length of 50 meters. Its housing is made of a composite material using stainless steel and the refractory ceramic. It is able to withstand repeated temperature changes.
Musk said that Starship will make its first test flight in a few months. He will orbit at a height of 20 kilometers and then landing on the landing pad.
After these tests SpaceX hold start modifications Starship Mk2, and then go into the flight Mk3 and Mk4, which will be equipped with special engines Raptor, adapted for use in space.
IN plans Mask to launch the first ships to Mars as early as 2022, and the first tourists on the moon should appear in the 2023-m.
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