SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said via X on Saturday evening that the Starship mega rocket will begin flying Mars missions in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. The mission will be uncrewed and aim to test the rocket's ability to land intact on Mars, as Musk's dreams of occupying the Red Planet could become a reality within the next two decades.
"The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens," Musk wrote on X.
He explained, "These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years," adding, "Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years. Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet."
The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 7, 2024
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
Flight rate will… https://t.co/ZuiM00dpe9
Musk's post quoted his post about making life multi-planetary while quoting billionaire Bill Ackman's post about 'Making America Healthy Again.'
SpaceX created the first fully reusable rocket stage and, much more importantly, made the reuse economically viable.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 7, 2024
Making life multiplanetary is fundamentally a cost per ton to Mars problem.
It currently costs about a billion dollars per ton of useful payload to the surface… https://t.co/bVQJL8JeV5
Here's the new Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-Donald Trump's 'Make America Healthy Again' ad...
Let’a make America healthy again!
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) September 7, 2024
Without our health and that of our children, we have nothing. And for those who care about our economy, national debt, and deficits, there is no more important initiative. https://t.co/fgBJNv87hv
How occupying Mars overlaps with the dire need to reverse America's imploding health trends could be explained by attorney and activist Tom Renz:
"Perhaps NASA funding would be better used working on projects like this rather than wasting time on nonsense like DEI and climate change. A settlement on mars would be an incredible step forward for humanity… DEI is a step backwards towards the racism and sexism of the past."
Perhaps NASA funding would be better used working on projects like this rather than wasting time on nonsense like DEI and climate change. A settlement on mars would be an incredible step forward for humanity… DEI is a step backwards towards the racism and sexism of the past…
— Tom Renz (@RenzTom) September 7, 2024
Kids now versus kids in the 1960s... We're sure there has never been morbidity obese astronauts. Spacecrafts have weight limits after all.
One of the emerging themes from the Trump-RFK Jr.-Musk team could be the unification of America around proper health and the pursuit of becoming a multi-planetary species.
Fix America's health first before Starship makes life multi-planetary.
