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Sep 29, 2017 · Credit: SpaceX. ADELAIDE, Australia — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk announced plans to develop a revised version of a reusable interplanetary transport system that he said would be...
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The ITS rocket will be more or less a scaled-up version of the first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster, Musk said. But the 254-foot-tall (77.5 meters) ITS booster will feature 42 Raptor engines, whereas the Falcon 9 is powered by nine Merlins. When combined with its crewed spaceship, the ITS will stand a full 400 feet (122 m) high, Musk wrote on T...
SpaceX also plans to build a solar-powered factory on Mars that will use the carbon dioxide and water ice in the planet's air and soil, respectively, to generate methane and oxygen — the propellant used by the Raptor engine. (Musk didn't discuss other aspects of the Mars colony; SpaceX is concentrating on the transportation architecture, reasoning ...
Fewer than 5 percent of SpaceX's personnel are working on the ITS at the moment, Musk said. And the company is currently spending just a few tens of millions of dollars on the project every year, which Musk estimated would ultimately require a company investment of about $10 billion. But that should change as SpaceX wraps up work on the final versi...
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Apr 9, 2024 · I. What is the Interplanetary Transport System? The Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) is a concept proposed by SpaceX founder Elon Musk to enable the colonization of Mars and other planets in our solar system. It is a fully reusable spacecraft system designed to carry large numbers of passengers and cargo to destinations beyond Earth.
Sep 29, 2016 · Art of SpaceX's Interplanetary Transport System near Jupiter. Credit: spacex Musk is also known for being overly ambitious in his presented timelines, so it's still unclear how long the possible ...
Sep 29, 2017 · At the center of that plan is an updated version of the company's Interplanetary Transport System (codenamed BFR, for Big Fucking Rocket). Funding it, Musk says, will require "cannibalizing"...
Sep 28, 2016 · Oh, and by the way, the same interplanetary transport system will be able to take us “anywhere in the solar system,” according to Musk. The Interplanetary Transport could land just as...
Sep 20, 2016 · For Elon Musk, it’s always been about Mars. Musk, ... And the new name is Interplanetary Transport System (ITS). So, is SpaceX developing plans to go beyond Mars? Is the plan to establish cargo ...
