Elon Musk held a presentation of Starship - the largest interplanetary rocket in history

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spent presentation of the Starship spacecraft, which is designed to fly to the Moon and Mars. At the Starbase spaceport, he spoke about the development of the project and immediate plans.

Musk noted that Starship will be launched into orbit soon, this year. Now engineers are solving a problem with Raptor 2 engines. After its elimination, SpaceX will increase their production to seven or eight a week, and by the end of the year the new Starship and launch vehicle can be produced almost monthly.

This stock will come in handy for future tests. With the same Falcon 9, more than 10 attempts were made before the first successful return of the booster took place, Musk added.

The Starship rocket system itself is 119 meters high and consists of a huge Super Heavy first stage and the ship itself. Both components are reusable, which will significantly reduce the cost of new launches in the future.

Musk estimates that in two or three years a rocket flight to Mars will cost less than $10 million, and that's for 100 tons of cargo. Such numbers make

colonization The red planet is quite a feasible task.

They plan to launch rockets from the Starbase space center in Texas, but if difficulties arise, including bureaucratic ones, NASA space centers in Florida can become the launch site.

In theory, Starship is designed for 100 people. While the rocket is being tested without crew and passengers. Most of the tests ended with the destruction of the ship, but Ilan Musk is sure that mistakes with each it will be much less at once, since the company has already gained decent experience in launches and landings steps.