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SpaceX aims to launch its first Mars cargo missions in 2022 and the first crews in 2024. If all goes according to plan, these first flights will plant the seeds of a permanent, sustainable city on the Red Planet.
SpaceX Mars Transportation Architecture
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Diagram showing SpaceX's basic plan for launching cargo and people to Mars at an affordable price.
The BFR Is Indeed Big
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SpaceX’s envisioned BFR will be bigger and far more powerful than the company’s other rockets.
Michael was a science writer for the Idaho National Laboratory and has been an intern at Wired.com, The Salinas Californian newspaper, and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He has also worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
