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> Musk has a goal of 1 million launches per year [2] Is this a mistake? FTA: "SpaceX’s goal, according to Musk, is to ultimately send one million people to Ma
by deadlydose 4y ago
> Musk has a goal of 1 million launches per year [2]
Is this a mistake?
FTA: "SpaceX’s goal, according to Musk, is to ultimately send one million people to Mars by 2050"
- credit_guy 4y agoNot all the launches will aim to sent people to Mars. Some will just send cargo, and some will send stuff to LEO. FTA: Musk said that the spacecraft is being designed with the plan of flying [..] a total of more than 1,000 flights per year, per vehicle. Ultimately, Musk says that he hopes to achieve [...] a goal of hitting 1,000 in total in service over the course of the next decade. So that's one million launches. That's corroborated by the goal of 100 megatons of cargo per year (given that each Starship can carry 100 tons to space).
- deadlydose 4y ago> So that's one million launches. In a decade. Not a year.
- credit_guy 4y agoNo. It will take a decade to build enough Starship to have 1000 in operation. At that point, each will launch 3 times a day, for a total of about 1000 a year. One million per year in total. Not tomorrow, but starting about a decade from now.
- rlt 4y agoGetting a little pedantic, but presumably some of those will be heading to or from Mars at any given time. Anyway, it’s a long ways out and has nothing to do with the immediate Starship launch plans.