struggle stations , people . In two days , Elon Musk is going to bring out new details about his bold plan to colonize Mars , and hopefully address some concerns .
Muskfirst revealedhis plan at the International Astronautical Congress ( IAC ) in Mexico in September 2016 . This Friday , September 29 at 12.30am EST ( get that coffee tree ready ) he ’ll be utter again at the IAC , this class in Adelaide , Australia , to update us on theInterplanetary Transport System(ITS ) .
There will be a livestream uncommitted of the talkhere , which will last about an minute , followed by a Q&A session .
First , a recap . The ITS was an incredibly ambitious plan for SpaceX to get 1 million people living on Mars in a 100 . Using a vast Eruca sativa ( nickname the cock-a-hoop F*cking Rocket , or BFR ) and a orotund Shuttle , Musk said he could transport up to 200 citizenry to Mars on trips lasting 80 days , ultimately colonise the Red Planet and giving world a new home plate .
The design has not been without critique , not least how we would finance the try , and the fact a portion of the technologies he propose – such as taking off from Mars – are still unproved . Several industry experts told IFLScience they think the plans were unrealistic , if not completely inconceivable .
Musk will be seeking to handle some of those care tomorrow . In several posts on Twitter and Instagram , he say he would reveal “ major improvements and some unexpected app program ” . He also said we could await to see footage of the new Raptor engine , which will power the roquette , in action at law .
What else we might see , well , that ’s pure speculation . We ’ll probably see Musk reveal a scaled - down translation of the BFR , notesThe Verge , which was originally planned to be 120 cadence ( 400 feet ) tall and 12 beat ( 40 feet ) widely . That ’s larger than the large rocket ever establish , the Saturn V.
Musk will hopefully also discover how he ’s going to fund the project , at least partly . Since the talk last class he has also revealed SpaceX plans to send two astronautsaround the Moonin 2018 ( on a Dragon , not the ITS ) , so perhaps we ’ll see a more integrated development timeline to the ITS . And mayhap he ’ll even reveal who those two astronauts will be .
One affair for certain is that , make out Friday , your tidings feed is die to be chock full of Elon Musk news , hot takes , and no doubt a fairish amount of criticism again .
