“First Astronaut to Mars Launches in 2 Years”
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX
If all goes well, according to Musk, group trips will begin by the end of the decade.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a roadmap to put people on Mars. Source: Elon Musk
Transfer windows
SpaceX will begin launching Starship spacecraft with the goal of landing on Mars within 2 years. The timing depends on when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens in late 2026.
Chart showing conditions around the Earth-to-Mars launch transfer window. Source: JSASS Aerospace, Japan.
The first flights will be conducted to test the Starship's landing capabilities and to ensure the safety of the aircraft after people board. Depending on how the first test goes, the first cruises will begin two to four years later.
The seemingly urgent timelines for the missions could be influenced by Musk's continued commitment that low birth rates are one of the threats to our species.
Per Mook's post:
“Being multi-planetary greatly increases our lifespan, because we don't have all our eggs literally and metabolically on one planet.”
Satellites and Blockchain
Musk's post mentions that Mars Venture's goal is to build a functioning human city within the next 20 years. According to him, the challenges along the way are mostly based on economics and technology:
“Currently it costs about a billion dollars per ton of useful cargo for the surface of Mars. To build a self-sustaining city there, that would need to be upgraded to 100k/ton, so the technology would have to be 10,000 times better. Very difficult, but not impossible.”
Creating such a significant increase in efficiency in such a short period of time may require a radical change in how space-based logistics and communications are handled.
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According to NASA research, using blockchain technology to coordinate, execute and verify communication between satellites could be a very efficient and forward-looking method of space-based logistics management.
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Musk's SpaceX is perhaps the most well-positioned company on Earth when it comes to the potential of implementing blockchain technology into a suite of satellites and/or spacecraft.
A September 6 report from The Independent indicated that SpaceX has 6,370 active Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit. This means that according to the report, the company controls more than 62% of all active satellites.
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