– Starship Development:
– Starship is a fully reusable rocket system designed by SpaceX. It consists of the Starship spacecraft and the Super Heavy booster, together aiming to be the most powerful launch vehicle ever developed.
– The plan includes the capability to carry up to 100 tons of payload or 100 people to Mars.
– Crewed Missions: If the uncrewed landings are successful, crewed flights could follow in 2028 or 2029.
– Musk has expressed the goal of having a million people on Mars by 2050, suggesting an exponential increase in flight rate post these initial missions.