Elon Musk reveals new plans for SpaceX Starship flight to Mars

An orbital flight this year, a new rocket built every month and Starship refilling mid-orbit -- Elon Musk has updated the world on how SpaceX will get to Mars. CNET's Claire Reilly explains the big news from SpaceX's latest event.

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[clairereilly]

Alright space fam, what was the highlight of the event? Plenty of new stuff (plus things we already knew), but I'm still going to go with "massive static fire of the Raptor v2 in the desert" 🚀

[SINYC]

To be about the prototypes that didn't make it very far.. they weren't supposed to get very far and they were fully expected to crash. They anticipate this kind of stuff and collect a ton of data (IE. how much more thrust would they need, is it enough fuel, was the take-off as expected etc)

[uzomamba]

The goal of this system is to carry people to Mars but at it's current state still requires rigorous tests to be safe enough to use. This could take years, Elon needs to be patient and set realistic time lines

[Tangopassion]

If SpaceX builds it then it will be possible, Go Elon!

[mustardtiger]

"a new starship built every month", i dont think they were listening.... he wants a production line of these.

[hazator]

Apollo 11 july "1969" and they r still asking if its possible in 2022

[williamhughmurraycissp]

In 1986 I was on a program in Paris sandwiched in between presentations by Sen. Harrison Schmitt and Captain Eugene Cernan, the last two men to walk on the moon. Gene was already complaining that there were no plans to return and militated for moon missions until his death in 2017. SpaceX can do what governments cannot, i.e., take risk.

[rockzalt]

I doubt it's possible to go to Mars with our present technology. It's his R & D network that could possibly develop completely new and unheard of systems that will make it so.

[YliyahMessageTime]

It's EASY for "do nothings" to call someone trying the amazing "crazy". And with every failure in the amazing, the "do nothing" gloats in their squalor.

[sikhswim]

So the richest man in the world is going to laundch rockets three times a day what a time to be alive

[CoachProOPF]

Why isn’t it possible to harness solar power once out of Earth’s orbit?

[belloahmed]

i feel like you guys should do more of this space video.

[briandecker]

He should have named it the Stainless Goose - same aesthetic. different rich guy.

[TheKamzok]

The fifty launces a day were in relation to the Falcon 9, not the Starship and Superheavy.

[JSBselvas]

It's fun it's interesting but is it necessary? Premise is that the sun will envelop the Earth which isn't about 5 billion years

[seha]

MMM lets do Some Math The Water alone For one person to travel 18 months to mars and back Weighs 4376 Pounds This Doesn't Include the Air and Food to Keep Him Alive The Ship to the Moon weighed 63k Pounds To Go 500k Miles in 2 Weeks to Hang out on the moon for a couple days Somebody's Smoking to much Crack

[sgtjameslindsey]

I think the Biden administration will never let it launch because of the animosity between Biden and Musk.

[jasons]

I believe musk will do exactly what he said

[keithwhite]

What's needed is a fuel that lasts much longer .

[williamhughmurraycissp]

Let's face it. SpaceX has already done so many "impossible" things that one has to be a believer.