Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist, discusses the postponement of the SpaceX launch and the future of space travel.
Founder and chief executive Elon Musk said on Twitter on Sunday that SpaceX could launch the next test flight of a prototype of its Mars rocketship this week.
He commented on the test fire and the planned schedule: “Stable fire tomorrow. No flight before Wednesday. “
The company is trying to develop Starship, which is designed to take dozens of people on long-haul flights to make colonization of Mars possible. The starship will become “the world’s most powerful launch vehicle,” according to the SpaceX website.
The Starship Prototype Serial No. 8, or SN8, will attempt to reach a height of about 50,000 feet.
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SpaceX launched a prototype of its Mars rocketship hundreds of feet into the air, then landed it directly on the previous Gust 5 in previous successful test flights – the prototype’s predecessor SN5 – and September 3 – the prototype’s predecessor SN6.
The SN5’s August Gust flight lasted barely 45 seconds and reached just 500 feet at the southeastern tip of Texas near Brownsville, but it was the first important milestone for SpaceX’s starship. Some of the previous tests ended in explosions on the pad.
After a short hop, Kasturi tweeted, “Mars is looking real. “Progress is fast.”
Musk said he plans to make many more short hops before targeting the test version of the starship. The model Dell of the latest test is relatively simple: it is a full-scale 100 feet high and looks like a st with il silo – or a stretch-out can with a top cap.
The private company, which plans to launch a reusable Starship on top of a working rocket, will take the cargo or crew to low-Earth orbit, the Moon and Musk’s much-desired destination Mars. The entire stack will be about 400 feet long.
