SpaceX: nobody laughs when we talk about the colonization of Mars

The company SpaceX, founded in 2002, was created with the aim of Elon Musk colonize Mars. Now the company is already profitable, SpaceX helps send astronauts to the ISS, is developing a series of parallel projects (one of which - the creation of a network of satellites to provide Internet access to residents of remote regions), but the main goal remains. All the rest - again.

According to the president of Guinea SpaceX Shotwell (Gwynne Shotwell), the company has never hesitated to talk about the colonization of Mars, and the company is working to achieve this main goal.

Besides SpaceX, there are other organizations that planned or are planning to put a man on Mars. The most well-known such project is Mars One. But lately, the project has a lot of problems, and some participants of the project and did believe , that Mars One is designed for money laundering. Even the SpaceX plans to send humans to Mars is not entirely clear. It is known in particular that the company is developing CNG engines for missiles, Raptor. This engine may be used in the rocket, which will fly to the Red Planet. However, a detailed plan yet, although it worked out.

So, Shotwell said that sending colonists on Mars at one end - this is wrong, SpaceX intends to establish a full-fledged colony with the possibility of the return of people to Earth. So, throw people on Mars with the help of a rocket, and then wait another 30 years until the new missile will be created - a path that will not use SpaceX. Now the company is planning the following:

Increasing the number of starts

The company intends to establish a regular process of launching rockets into space, using all the sites that have SpaceX. The plans - to achieve target of 96 launches per year.

The new missile

The company restarts the project Falcon 9 this summer, planning to work with version 1.2 launch. The new Falcon 9 to 30% more efficient than the previous version. In this updated missile simplifies the process of landing, to re-work with a missile.

Space Internet

Shotwell said that the company Google and Fidelity investment fund invested about $ 1 billion in space satellite communication, in one of the projects SpaceX. But it was not an investment for the development of a global project - the money the investor plans to use both for their own commercial purposes. SpaceX just planning to work on a global project that will link the Earth and other planets.

Now the company gets the money in the world, but the interests of the company and all its projects continue to focus on the development of Mars. And when a person gets on the Red Planet, he will already be able to use the "cosmic internet."

Source: geektimes.ru/post/247656/