Elon Musk And SpaceX Can Send Us To Mars By 2024

From Red Planet to Martian to Total Recall it has been the stuff of science fiction for the longest time. But now going to the red planet is getting some serious thought by Elon Musk. So everyone is curious about what exactly is going on? Elon Musk just announced his plan to begin colonizing Mars, He proposes that he could have the human on Mars by 2024 and use the same technology for people’s travel here on earth as well. Musk proposes that with the use of this technology we can travel anywhere on this planet within one hour. this is all going to be done using a spacecraft codenamed the BFR (big falcon rocket). In a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress in Australia, Musk outlined his plan. it is not the first time that he’s talked about Mars, his first public interest in the red planet was expressed back in 2001 and last year he claimed that a million people could be on Mars by the 2060s. this latest announcement was more of a fine-tuning of that plan.

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So here are some details, outlined by Musk about BFR, it will stand 100 meters tall, with 31 engines to lift a payload more than 4,400 tons space. Each of these engines will have multiple redundancies built in that is an attempt to bring the probability of failure towards zero. The BFR is a bit larger than a Saturn v rocket, which was used in Apollo mission for the moon landing.

To give you an idea, it can carry a cargo payload with a living space that’s eight stories tall and holds more volume than an Airbus A380’s passenger cabin. It also has a fin which will be helpful for controlling in any atmosphere. It will be having 40 cabins and each cabin will be capable of carrying 3 people.

Despite all this, Musk claimed that the overall cost will be much cheaper than other launch vehicles currently available because it can safely return to earth and be reused. he also stressed that although the initial capital is higher, in the long run, the jet will turn out to be much cheaper. Elon Musk believes that he could send two BFR cargo ships to Mars by 2022 with the first crewed crafts touching down just two years later.

Elon is thinking to have a moon base using this BFR. Construction of BFR is set to start in 2018 and the machinery for building the engines has already been ordered and is on its way.

A journey by BFR will last for 3 to 6 month to Mars.So many people are doubtful as if this timeline is realistic or even possible. It is not just building the rocket though. Landing humans on Mars will be one of the biggest technical undertakings of all time. SpaceX has solved the challenges in the past and we can hope them to solve it as well.