SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday mentioned that its Starship rocket’s first flight to Mars will likely be geared up with Tesla-made Optimus humanoid robots.
What Occurred: “If all goes properly, SpaceX will ship Starship rockets to Mars with Optimus robots and Grok,” Musk mentioned in a reside stream through the unveiling of Grok 3.
The Starship automobile is a part of huge desires. Whereas NASA is trying ahead to touchdown people again on the floor of the Moon after a spot of over 50 years with the assistance of a customized model of Starship, Musk is dreaming of taking people to the planet Mars aboard Starship. Nonetheless, the automobile is at the moment within the testing and improvement section.
“…I might not be shocked if we fly 400 Starship launches within the subsequent 4 years,” SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell mentioned on the Baron Funding Convention in New York in November.
Why It Issues: Musk final yr mentioned that the primary Starships will head to Mars in two years as soon as the subsequent Earth-Mars switch window opens.
The primary launches to Mars in 2026, Musk then mentioned, won’t have a crew onboard and will likely be aimed toward testing the flight’s potential to land intact on Mars.
“If these landings go properly, then the primary crewed flights to Mars will likely be in 4 years,” Musk wrote, pegging the primary crewed Starship flights to the neighboring planet for 2028. A self-sustaining metropolis, he then mentioned, needs to be prepared in about 20 years.
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