Eleon Mask CEO of SpaceX announces plans to send people to Mars on the interplanetary transportation system in the 2020's

It is held in Guadalajara, MexicoInternational Space ConferenceSpaceX's Euron · mask CEO, who is doing development and launch of the spacecraft, made a keynote lecture and plans to send people to Mars in the 2020's by the "interplanetary transportation system" to build a city on Mars It was revealed. The mask CEO is aiming for Mars settlement and making it a "multi planetary" tribe that lives human beings not only on Earth but on multiple planets.

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The state of the keynote lecture is fully published on YouTube. The length is 1 hour 58 minutes 21 seconds, but the first 21 minutes is the wait time for the start of the event, so about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species - YouTube


Although it is difficult to see the keynote lecture as expected, a promotion image of 4 minutes 21 seconds is prepared for the "interplanetary transportation system".

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System - YouTube


Spacecraft (space shuttle) of the launch pad and the "interplanetary transportation system". Cross the bridge, people will get in.


The tip of the shuttle looks like this.


On the side is the letter "SpaceX".


The launch will take place at the launch pad called "39 A" at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. This place has been leased for 20 years since 2014, but it is also a historical launch pad for the Apollo 11 launch, which once made mankind reach the moon surface for the first time.


The thrust at launch is 127,800 kN.



The speed is over 3500 km / h.


It eventually reached the orbit around.


We will do separation work here.


The spacecraft remains on orbit around ... ...


The detached booster starts returning to the earth.


I came back to the launch pad. Earl-Mask CEO says that "reuse" is the key.


Subsequently, "Propellant tanker (replenishment machine)" was attached to the booster.


The launch was done again ...


As the replenishment machine approaches the spacecraft that was left in orbit earlier.


As it was, we refueled the spacecraft on orbit.


The replenishment machine will return to the earth after completing its role with this.


On the other hand, the spacecraft leaves for Mars.


Develop solar panels that produce 200 kW.


About 400,000 km away from the earth ......


The spacecraft is traveling towards Mars at a speed of 100,000 km / h. According to Mask CEO, interplanetary transportation system will move this distance in about 30 days.


Eventually, Mars came into sight.


The temperature at the time of inrush is 1700 degrees.


And landing.


People descend on Mars.


Mask CEO says, "If the travel cost to Mars is over 10 billion dollars (about 1 trillion yen), we can not live autonomously on Mars," he said, aiming for a significant cost improvement, I will buy one "to about the price. Also, as a goal, we sent 100 persons to Mars on one flight to build a city on Mars.


Someday, also green can grow on Mars ...?


The engine made for this "interplanetary transportation system" is "Raptor". The state of the test looks like this.

First test of the Raptor Interplanetary Transport EnginePic.twitter.com/478Z4v86gD

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From now on development and testing will proceed, in 2022 the first unmanned launch, and in 2024 a manned launch is scheduled. The mask CEO says that the first journey will be very dangerous so that the first traveler will be traveling with the aid of death.