the head of the company SpaceX, an American businessman Elon Musk has unveiled a plan for the colonization of Mars. According to him, in order that the colony became self-sufficient on the red planet should live about one million people.
to deliver them there, in the next 40-100 years SpaceX will make a few thousand mezhplanetnykh flights. the planet. To deliver people will be using reusable transport system, working on it right now in the company.
it is Assumed that the spacecraft is first with the help of the carrier rocket, which later will return to Earth, will bring the colonists into Earth orbit, where the ship will be refuelled and take a course to Mars. According to preliminary estimates, the price of a ticket to the red planet should be about 200 thousand dollars. “We have to make missions to Mars affordable. And we think, based on before you plan that first flight to the Red planet will be quite expensive. But over time, a flight will cost less than 200 thousand dollars, maybe even less than 100 thousand. It all depends on how many people will be on Board,” said Elon Musk.
Chapter SpaceX hopes to deliver the first astronauts on Mars by 2025 year. The first flight can take about 80 days, then this term I hope to reduce to one month.
in the meantime, Elon Musk is busy with the exploration of the red planet, against his energy Corporation Solar City filed a lawsuit. Competitors accused the company of stealing intellectual property. We are talking about the theft of proprietary technology Kagera, which allegedly allowed Solar City set a record for efficiency of solar panel. Representatives of Mask deny all charges. They are confident that the court will reject the claim, given that neither actual nor legal justification for the claim.
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