Humans will be able to land on the surface of Mars in 10 years. This opinion was shared by Elon Musk, the founder of the American company SpaceX.
“I must admit I’m an optimist,” Musk warned on Twitter.
It assumes the possible landing of humans on Mars even after five years.
Musk’s SpaceX company is developing the Starship reusable spacecraft. It was created specifically for flights to Mars. It has a capacity of 100 people.
Prototypes of the ship have already made test flights with a return to Earth. All of them have passed through the earth’s atmosphere.
Of all the flight tests, only the test, which was carried out in May 2021, passed without breaking the apparatus.
Starship is a next-generation, super-heavy, fully reusable rocket with both stages landing on its tail. Its main feature should be the ability to launch 100 tons of cargo into orbit on a ship integrated with the upper tier and refuel this ship using modified upper tier fuel tankers.
It was previously reported that SpaceX was successful. spent Test the boosters of the spacecraft Starship.