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Today , SpaceX is focusing its efforts on commercial spaceflights to the International Space Station, the first of which will hopefully take place in December, according to CEO Elon Musk. But in the coming years, Musk has plans for commercial journeys—and settlements—on places like the Moon and Mars.
"Ultimately, the thing that is super important in the grand scale of history is—are we on a path to becoming a multi-planet species or not? If we’re not, that’s not a very bright future. We’ll just be hanging out on Earth until some eventual calamity claims us," Musk said.
First on his to-do list would be a vehicle that's capable of delivering substantial mass to Mars and then returning to Earth. The company's planned Falcon Heavy rocket, the plans for which were unveiled in April, could conceivably carry 12 to 15 metric tons, but "I think you'll probably want a vehicle that can deliver something on the order of 50 metric tons ... in a fully reusable manner," Musk said.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblo...ists-speculate-about-hitchiking-bacteria.html
"Ultimately, the thing that is super important in the grand scale of history is—are we on a path to becoming a multi-planet species or not? If we’re not, that’s not a very bright future. We’ll just be hanging out on Earth until some eventual calamity claims us," Musk said.
First on his to-do list would be a vehicle that's capable of delivering substantial mass to Mars and then returning to Earth. The company's planned Falcon Heavy rocket, the plans for which were unveiled in April, could conceivably carry 12 to 15 metric tons, but "I think you'll probably want a vehicle that can deliver something on the order of 50 metric tons ... in a fully reusable manner," Musk said.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblo...ists-speculate-about-hitchiking-bacteria.html