docking is taking place right now. I assmume its live

[tyroneweaver]

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Private industry is the future of space travel. I hope the price for a trip goes down enough before I die.

 

[1srelluc]

Well, that was boring.

Then again boring is good.

 

[Failzero]

This is Promises Kept ( again)

 

[JGalt]

Why doesn't that lady astronaut tie her damned hair down? How the hell do they keep from gagging on the hairs floating around in there?

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

"Your ride's here!"

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Fake, the whole thing is fake generated by AI so that Musk can fool all of his loyal sycophants.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

It's estimated that SpaceX's "starship" { don't ya love that name } will take about three months from launch, to reach and enter orbit around Mars.

But Russia and now China, have tested rocket engines based on plasma that could reduce that trip time to as low as one month. This reduces the time that astronauts are exposed to lethal radiation, not a bad thing.

This is exactly the kind of genuine, clean sheet of paper innovation that's needed IMHO as a precursor before attempting a manned Mars mission. Conventional rockets are old, very old technology and really not a good choice for sending people to/from Mars, perhaps Russia/China will get there first...

This is called space news, but likely none of the maga sycophants are aware because it wasn't mentioned on Fox.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Mars in 30 days? Russia unveils prototype of plasma rocket engine

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom scientists, who say it could slash travel time to Mars to one or two months. ;

www.world-nuclear-news.org

I was mistaken, an actual manned trip could take anywhere from 9 to 12 months each way.

Alexey Voronov, first deputy director general for science at the Rosatom Research Institute in Troitsk, said: "Currently, a flight to Mars using conventional engines can take almost a year one way, which is dangerous for astronauts due to cosmic radiation and exposure to radiation. Using plasma engines can shorten the mission to 30-60 days, meaning it will be possible to send an astronaut to Mars and back."

SpaceX's conventional engines are akin to steam engines when it comes to planning a mars mission. SpaceX is focused on commercial local space work, satellites and so on not space exploration, the company itself is deeply invested in that and so switching the company to develop new ideas like plasma is like trying to turn an oil tanker around in a canal.