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SpaceX’s Starship selected as one of 3 partners by

STARLINK NASA for the 2024 Lunar Lander Mission


Satellite constellation under development Mars has liquid water under its surface and To be world’s most powerful launch vehicle when
by SpaceX to provide low latency, high frozen in its polar ice caps, which is buried operational, Musk anticipates thousands of
bandwidth internet Starship
under a layer of dry ice Starships flying between Earth and Mars by 2035
Total of 7 launches planned for Earth -60 50 times surface radiation compared to
satellites per launch (2 already done) – Earth due to lack of magnetosphere – Dry
could potentially cover 3-5% of global Ice + Dust laden settlements Sun
internet market share Mercury
Musk touts it as a key steppingstone
towards establishing a self-sustaining
city on Mars, and a base on the moon Venus
Outpost Earth

Acquired SolarCity in 2016 for $2.6 bn - SpaceX designed & produced


Commercial
added generation and storage to their space suits over the past 3-4
Crew
portfolio and forayed into public transport years towards the May 27, 2020
Program
Solar energy is useful but only 40% as Crew Dragon launch
abundant as on Earth’s surface and
intermittent due to dust-storms
SpaceX explicitly open-sourced the
Nuclear reactors and fuel would need to
Hyperloop concept via a 2016 competition
be shipped from Earth as Mars lacks
Virgin backed Hyperloop One has raised
nuclear deposits
~$300 million in funding; achieved test
speeds of 240mph (aiming to hit 600 mph)
Mars’ low atmospheric density would be
perfect to reduce air-drag faced on Earth

Near perfect launch record - 97.8%


Mars
successful launches
Bagged Cargo (2008) and Crew (2014) Radiation exposure and lack of an earth-like
contracts from NASA + USAF military atmosphere will limit activity outside settlements
contracts (2019) Tesla’s Autopilot has shown tremendous success,
Crew Dragon made history with first reporting one accident for 3.07 million miles driven
manned commercial launch under Musk’s Neuralink has been developing brain-machine
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) interfaces and is said to be on course to complete its
first human test by the end of 2020
“Starman” Can Elon Musk
has shown tremendous success in
recovering booster rockets (78%) - no Combination could be used for conducting human Successfully
controlled AI powered activity outside settlements
human intervention
Colonize Mars?
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