{"id":18917,"date":"2017-06-16T19:32:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T11:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/elon-musk-promises-an-update-on-his-plan-to-settle-mars-including-how-hell-fund-it\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T19:32:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T11:32:36","slug":"elon-musk-promises-an-update-on-his-plan-to-settle-mars-including-how-hell-fund-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/elon-musk-promises-an-update-on-his-plan-to-settle-mars-including-how-hell-fund-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk promises an update on his plan to settle Mars \u2013 including how he\u2019ll fund it"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_284040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284040\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-284040\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161023-its-mars-spacex-630x432.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System liftoff\" width=\"630\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161023-its-mars-spacex-630x432.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161023-its-mars-spacex-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/161023-its-mars-spacex.jpg 1192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-284040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist\u2019s conception shows SpaceX\u2019s Interplanetary Transport System lifting off with a refueling tanker sitting beside it. (Credit: SpaceX)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk\u2019s vision to send a million people to Mars is now in print, but the billionaire visionary says he\u2019s already working on an update.<\/p>\n<p>The newly published print version, appearing on the New Space website, recaps Musk\u2019s 95-minute talk at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico last September \u2013 during which he laid out a decades-long plan to develop and launch fleets of giant spaceships to Mars, each carrying 100 passengers at a time.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation has been online in video form for months, with accompanying slides, but the text-plus-graphics version is arguably easier to scan and digest. It\u2019ll be available for free through July 5, after which time it\u2019ll presumably be downloadable for a fee in the range of $51.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublishing this paper provides not only an opportunity for the spacefaring community to read the SpaceX vision in print with all the charts in context, but also serves as a valuable archival reference for future studies and planning,\u201d former NASA executive Scott Hubbard, New Space\u2019s editor-in-chief, said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-page printed plan suggests missions to Mars could lift off from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center, which SpaceX is leasing. \u201cIn the future, we expect to add additional launch locations, probably adding one on the south coast of Texas,\u201d Musk wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In a couple of tweets sent out today, Musk said Version 2 will be coming out soon:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=875913504451985411&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Felon-musk-promises-update-plan-settle-mars-including-hell-fund%2F&amp;sessionId=bdc7ff5a45d9c3b71d7550a2aa903e8d68f101c5&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"875913504451985411\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802535951831257=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colonizing Mars (thanks Prof Hubbard for creating this from my talk). Major changes to the plan coming soon. https:\/\/t.co\/s59qMHUj5O<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 17, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=875770056323420160&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Felon-musk-promises-update-plan-settle-mars-including-hell-fund%2F&amp;sessionId=bdc7ff5a45d9c3b71d7550a2aa903e8d68f101c5&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"875770056323420160\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782802535951831257=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mars V2 plan coming soon, which I think addresses the most fundamental flaw in V1: how to pay for development &amp; operation of giant rockets https:\/\/t.co\/yaITdVdpEc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 16, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the past, Musk has mentioned three ways to cover what\u2019s sure to be the multibillion-dollar cost of development and operation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Satellite broadband revenue:<\/strong> Once SpaceX\u2019s satellite constellation swings into operation to provide global internet access, the company expects the network to generate tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue. SpaceX\u2019s engineering center in Redmond, Wash., is playing a lead role in developing the constellation. When Musk laid out the satellite plan during a 2015 visit to Seattle, he promised the proceeds would \u201chelp fund a city on Mars.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passenger fares:<\/strong> Passengers will pay a six figures for their trips to Mars. Musk said the cost for an Apollo-style trip would be $10 billion or more per person, but he hoped to get the price tag down to $200,000 or less. \u201cThis is not easy,\u201d he acknowledged. Musk\u2019s key technologies for economizing include full rocket reusability, in-space refueling and methane propellant production on Mars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public-private-personal partnership:<\/strong> Musk said there were \u201cmany people in the private sector who are interested in helping to fund a base on Mars.\u201d Government funding is likely to be available as well. And Musk noted that \u201cthe main reason I am personally accumulating assets is in order to fund this.\u201d His net worth is currently estimated at more than $17 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SpaceX is already laying out money to develop and test the methane-fueled Raptor rocket engines that would be used on Mars-bound spaceships, as well as the giant carbon-composite propellant tanks that would be required. (Not long ago, one tank was \u201ctested to failure\u201d on a barge based at Anacortes, Wash.)<\/p>\n<p>So what else does Musk have up his sleeve? Stay tuned for V2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist\u2019s conception shows SpaceX\u2019s Interplanetary Transport System lifting off with a refueling tanker sitting beside it. (Credit: SpaceX) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk\u2019s vision to send a million people to Mars is now in print, but the billionaire visionary says he\u2019s already working on an update. 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