A proposed 750 day flyby mission to Mars an Venus. I suggest Elon get planning for this in detail. Less than eight years to get ready.
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Never happen. 47 hates NASA - so no money there; Elon has yet to make orbit, let alone get anything man-rated - Elon will be lucky to have his Lunar Lander certified, man-rated, demo space refueling, and landing successfully at the Lunar South Pole by 2034.
Not to mention there is no capsule/ship designed or under design for 750 days of human occupation.
The only ship capable of that sort of venture was killed off in 1964 in favor of Apollo. Had it not been killed, due to failure of political will, ships like it would have already explored the entire solar system and larger models would be voyaging to the stars and back. Ship motto was: Mars by 1965, Saturn by 1970.
“...the first time in modern history that a major expansion of human technology has been suppressed for political reasons.” - Freeman Dyson
> Elon has yet to make orbit
Are you sure you’re not talking about Bezos?
Elon makes orbit about 100 times a year, and his Dragon capsule has been man-rated for about a decade.
Starship is not production-ready yet, but the mission could be performed with a few Falcon Heavy launches.