SpaceX unveils Mars colonization plans

Posted on 28 Sep 2016 by Michael Cruickshank

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined his company’s plans to send humans to Mars in a talk yesterday.

Speaking at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, Musk unveiled the architecture which SpaceX believes is necessary for such a trip. Primarily he revealed the development of a rocket called the Interplanetary Transportation System (ITS) which could take over 100 astronauts to Mars. This craft would address several key cost saving features identified by…

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