Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in months

By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company's newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for the centerpiece vehicle of SpaceX’s quest to launch humans to the moon and Mars. Musk showed a crowd of space enthusiasts and reporters at SpaceX’s rocket development site late on Saturday in the remote village of Boca Chica, Texas, animations of Starship landing on the moon and Mars and predicted that the rocket's first orbital flight could come in the next six months, followed by missions to space with humans aboard the next year

The post Elon Musk unveils new Mars rocket prototype, expects missions in months appeared first on Firstpost.

from Firstpost