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SpaceX planning to be first private company to land on Mars by 2018
www.mirror.co.uk ^ | Updated 19:23, 27 Apr 2016 | By David Raven

Posted on 04/27/2016 12:05:14 PM PDT by Red Badger

The company said it is planning to send their Dragon spacecraft to the red planet as early as 2018

SpaceX is planning to be the first private company to land on Mars within the next two years.

The company said it is planning to send its Dragon spaceraft to the red planet as early as 2018.

Bosses announced their intentions in a statement on Twitter this afternoon.

A spokesperson tweeted: "Planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018. Red Dragons will inform overall Mars architecture, details to come."

Earlier this month the US aerospace company successfully landed a reusable rocket on an ocean platform, after four previous attempts failed.

Mission controllers cheered as the Falcon 9 rocket remained upright on the platform off the coast of Florida on Friday April 8.

It was returning from delivering an inflatable habitat into space for Nasa. The inflatable room will attach to the International Space Station (ISS) for a two-year test and will become the first such habitat for use by humans in orbit.

Built by Nevada company Bigelow Aerospace, the habitat is intended to pave the way for the use of such rooms for long space trips, including to Mars.

It is thought that the ability to reuse rocket launchers will dramatically reduce the cost of space travel, making it possible for many more people to visit space.

As well as space tourism, suborbital spaceflight opens the door to a range of scientific research and technological development - from biotech and materials science to fluid physics and engineering.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Business/Economy; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: bigelowaerospace; blueorigin; dragon; elonmusk; falcon9; mars; marsrace; mct; space; spaceexploration; spacerace; spacex
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To: Slyfox

Then you miss the whole point of exploration.

The new technologies invented alone make it worth the effort

Plus aliens.


21 posted on 04/27/2016 1:35:04 PM PDT by Mr. K (Trump / ???)
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To: Slyfox
We went to the moon and that is enough for me.

Why? You like to admire the accomplishments of the past with no hope for the future? That is like modern Italians basking in the glory of ancient Rome.

I lived through the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo days, and would dearly love for something worthy of the imagination to return to the daily newscasts.

22 posted on 04/27/2016 5:53:40 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Yo-Yo
Bring lots of potatoes.

And crap. Can't grow stuff without the microbes and nutrients in crap. Fill the ship to the brim with crap. People landing later will be so pleased! Don't forget the ketchup.

23 posted on 04/27/2016 7:29:20 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Mr. K
I didn't say you couldn't go, did I?

I still love to watch Star Trek re-runs. My cousin is a retired Shuttle astronaut and he has lots of great stories. But space travel is not for me.

24 posted on 04/27/2016 8:43:01 PM PDT by Slyfox (When someone tells it like it is, is it the truth?)
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To: GingisK

Please see my response at #24.


25 posted on 04/27/2016 8:43:46 PM PDT by Slyfox (When someone tells it like it is, is it the truth?)
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To: Red Badger

thanks Red Badger!

SpaceX announces 2018 Mars mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uOfFP2PFeA


26 posted on 05/17/2016 1:18:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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Conversation with Elon Musk about SpaceX and Falcon Heavy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYp3u6M7IAc


27 posted on 05/17/2016 1:22:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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