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They are investing heavily in Starship. A spacecraft capable of getting to Mars. > won't be using Starship I wouldn't be so sure. Practically every non-Spac
by starik36 4y ago
They are investing heavily in Starship. A spacecraft capable of getting to Mars.
> won't be using Starship
I wouldn't be so sure. Practically every non-SpaceX workhorse spacecraft in use today has roots in rockets developed in 1960s. That's 60+ years ago. Some are even earlier: Delta is the latest version of Thor from 1950s. Soyuz rockets were designed in 1960s. RD-180x series were built for Buran and is based on the NK-33 from 1960s.
It's not so difficult to imagine that 60 years from now, in the year 2082 we might be able to get people to Mars, perhaps using Starship.
> Starship will never bring a colony to Mars
Obviously. It will start with a small crew. Probably after we mastered getting to the moon.