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After facing a series of setbacks during test flights for his new Mars spacecraft, Starship, Elon Musk announced on Thursday that he anticipates the vehicle will embark on its first uncrewed journey to the red planet by the end of next year.
In a detailed video shared by his rocket company, SpaceX, Musk outlined the Starship development schedule just one day after revealing his exit from the administration of President Donald Trump, where he had been heavily involved in efforts to reduce government bureaucracy.
The billionaire emphasized his intent to devote more time to his various ventures, including SpaceX and Tesla, the electric vehicle and battery manufacturer.
Musk admitted that the timeline for reaching Mars depends on Starship’s ability to successfully perform several complex tasks during its upcoming flight tests, particularly a critical refueling operation in Earth’s orbit.
The end of 2026 is key, as this period aligns with a two-year window when Mars and Earth are closest, making the journey take between seven to nine months by spacecraft.
He assessed the chances of meeting this timeline at about 50-50. If Starship isn’t ready by then, SpaceX would consider postponing the launch for another two years.
The initial mission to Mars is expected to carry a simulated crew of Tesla-designed humanoid robots, with crewed missions following in the second or third landings. Musk envisions launching 1,000 to 2,000 Starships to Mars every two years to establish a permanent human settlement quickly.
NASA aims to land humans on the moon aboard Starship by as early as 2027—more than 50 years after the last Apollo missions—serving as a precursor to eventual manned trips to Mars in the 2030s.
Musk has advocated for a more Mars-centric human spaceflight program and had previously aimed for an unmanned SpaceX mission to Mars in 2018, with a crewed mission anticipated in 2024.
On Tuesday night, Musk was slated to give a live presentation titled “The Road to Making Life Multiplanetary” from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas following the ninth test flight of Starship. However, the livestream was unexpectedly canceled after the spacecraft lost control and exploded approximately 30 minutes post-launch, failing to accomplish some key testing objectives.
Past test flights had also ended disastrously; in January and March, the spacecraft disintegrated shortly after takeoff, scattering debris over the Caribbean and causing numerous commercial flights to alter their routes.
Musk downplayed the latest incident on Twitter, suggesting it provided valuable data for analysis and assured a quicker schedule for future test flights.
(Reporting by Joey Roulette in Washington; Additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Edited by Lincoln Feast.)
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