Elon Musk: SpaceX can colonise Mars and build moon base
by Michael Slezak in Sydney and Olivia Solon in San F from Technology | The Guardian on (#33K1P)
Musk says project codenamed BFR would also allow commercial travel to anywhere on Earth in under an hour
Elon Musk has unveiled plans for a new spacecraft that he says would allow his company SpaceX to colonise Mars, build a base on the moon, and allow commercial travel to anywhere on Earth in under an hour.
The spacecraft is currently still codenamed the BFR (Big Fucking Rocket). Musk says the company hopes to have the first launch by 2022, and then have four flying to Mars by 2024.
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