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Elon Musk is one of the most eccentric personalities of our times. In addition to leading companies such as Tesla and Paypal, the billionaire still dedicates much of his time to materializing more playful dreams through SpaceX. The most recent of these involves sending a manned mission to Mars by the year 2024. The trip would last about 6 months and could take human engers (including Musk) to the Red Planet.
To make this possible, Musk plans to build a second version of the ship Dragon - and Dragon V2. The spacecraft would have size of an SUV and would be able to carry up to 7 astronauts. The schedule provides that the first tests must happen already in 2018however PULL human engers on board, carrying out the mission with only payloads as simulation.
The announcement was made by the Elon Musk during the Code Conference, a technology conference held annually in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. "If all goes as planned, we should be able to send people (to Mars) in 2024, with an expected arrival in 2025.“, he stated. Musk wants to colonize the Red Planet, is at September will present the plan SpaceX to achieve this objective.
According to portal Mashable, right now o main challenge of the company is to get the Dragon V2 have the ability to return to Earth. The first step in dealing with this problem was taken with the development of the Falcon Heavy, a huge rocket that increased the spacecraft's range. However, the increase is still not enough to guarantee a return to Earth.
Musk also talked about why it's so important recover os rocket boosters that fall into the sea. "Imagine sending a pile of money through the atmosphere and halfway through it starts to break into pieces. Wouldn't you try to save her?“, he asked. According to SpaceX, each rocket booster costs between 30 and 35 million dollars to be produced.
Although it still exists (literally) a long way to go until the manned mission to Mars come true, the founder of SpaceX confirms that he himself intends to participate in one of these missions. Elon Musk declared that he intends to go to Red Planet "sometime in the futureo”, but added that he should participate in a manned mission in space within 4 or 5 years.
