The aim of Elon Musk and his company SpaceX is for the first journey to Mars with humans to take place at the turn of the year 2028–29. Then the Earth and Mars will be positioned so that a journey is possible. Such launch windows only occur every 26 months. There is a window open now, but Musk doesn’t have a rocket ready. The next window will be in November 2026. The plan for that window is to send a group of spaceships to land. – The first wave of spaceships will not carry humans, writes Elon Musk on X. – The second wave of ships, 26 months later, will have crews. That is, if the first one did not lead to an increase in the number of craters on the surface of Mars, Musk continues. STARSHIP ON MARS: The goal of SpaceX is to send many spacecraft simultaneously to Mars. Photo: SpaceX Sends a fleet to Mars The preliminary plan for SpaceX is for five spacecraft to leave in 2026. If all make it down safely during the landing the following year, the human exploration of Mars will begin. – We want to place American astronauts on Mars. Get ready Elon. We have to get it done, and we have to do it quickly, Donald Trump said on October 19. MANY REQUIREMENTS: Starship at the launch base in Texas. Here, there is vulnerable nature, infrastructure and houses that are now being protected through regulations from the authorities. Photo: SpaceX The former president has on several occasions dragged out the March plans. Among other things, when Musk stood on stage with Trump in Pennsylvania for the first time on October 5. – He says that we will win, and that we will reach Mars at the end of my presidency. It’s a big deal, Trump said. There, the former president is wrong, if he does not plan to remain in office beyond his presidential term. The trip to Mars typically takes nine months. Launching in December 2028, there will be a different president ruling the United States when the spaceships arrive. JUMPING FOR TRUMP: Elon Musk on stage with Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on October 5. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP Must have Trump as president Elon Musk believes Trump is the key to the plan becoming a reality. – I have many reservations about Kamala becoming president, but my absolute limit is that the bureaucracy that is now suffocating the United States will increase under the Democrats. It will destroy the Mars program, writes Musk on X. Musk needs help to be able to realize the Mars program. The journey to the planet will be made with the new spaceship Starship. SpaceX has in a short time developed the vessel into something similar to a working system. The last test on 13 October was almost completely successful. FIRST TIME: The 71-meter-tall Starship launch vehicle lands by being intercepted by robotic arms. This was an important test of the system that will send humans to Mars. Photo: Eric Gay / AP Requires new conditions The key to Mars is many launches from Earth in a short time. To get one Starship to Mars, SpaceX may have to launch ten. It’s because of the fuel. Now SpaceX has permission to launch five Starships a year. It is the world’s largest rocket, and a launch involves inconvenience and danger to people, nature and the environment. TESTING OUT: Starship returning to Earth during a test earlier this year. Photo: SpaceX The regulatory authorities in the USA keep a strict watch on SpaceX. Once a Starship has reached Earth orbit, it is almost out of fuel. The plan is to launch many other vessels that have extra fuel as payload. They will act as tankers and transfer this fuel to the one that will continue to Mars or the moon. MANY LIKE THIS: Two Starships meet in orbit. One transfers fuel to the other. This must be done repeatedly to get enough fuel for the trip to Mars. Photo: SpaceX How many tankers are needed is unclear. SpaceX itself has said that a trip to the moon will require about ten launches. The figures from Nasa in connection with a trip to the moon are in roughly the same range. It is difficult to implement when you have the limit set by the US authorities. Published 28.10.2024, at 13.55
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