Elon Musk is reportedly set to reveal details of his plans in colonizing Mars in the next decades. The SpaceX CEO will deliver a speech dubbed as "Making Humans an Interplanetary Species" on Sept. 27 at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Musk's speech is expected to detail the technologies he intends to employ in order to transport humans to the Red Planet. It is also suggested that the speech will cover a number of issues, including the long-term plans necessary to sustain the permanent presence of humans on Mars as well as his architecture plans in colonizing Mars.
It can be recalled that Musk foresees that people could reach Mars in 2024 if the Red Dragon mission would be successful. In the Code Conference held in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Musk announced that his Flying Dragon 2 rocket is intended to bring astronauts to the International Space Station. Additionally, he also plans to send an unmanned rocket to Mars in 2018. Furthermore, more rockets are expected to follow every 26 months if there is an open opportunity, NBC News reported.
The SpaceX chief reportedly plans to launch the Red Dragon mission to the Red Planet's surface through the new technology called "supersonic retro propulsion." However, while Musk sees that the Flying Dragon 2 could transport people to Mars, he revealed that the rocket can no longer go back to the Earth.
Meanwhile, NASA is also paying an important role in Musk's Mars mission by purportedly giving them "very specific areas of expertise," Inverse reported. In a teleconference with NASA's director of commercial spaceflight development Phil McAlister, it has been revealed that NASA is acting as a consultant to SpaceX. In return, NASA will be given access to the information collected by the SpaceX from the moment it lifts off until it reaches Mars, Nature World News reported.
Musk's SpaceX Red Dragon mission is reportedly slated to start as early as May 2018. The mission is set to launch at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base.
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