Musk's Mars Colony Plan: 1,000 Spaceships, $10 Billion Investment

Source: IBD | September 28, 2016 | Jason Ma

SpaceX and Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk described a fleet of 1,000 spacecraft Tuesday that would eventually be used to colonize Mars and estimated an investment of about $10 billion to realize the project.

At the 67th annual International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, a video presented by Musk depicted a rocket carrying passengers blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., with the booster returning to Earth while the spacecraft with passengers holds in orbit.

Another tanker vehicle carrying fuel is loaded back onto the booster for rendezvous with the spaceship for refueling, with the tanker returning to earth. Musk said about 3-5 trips by the tanker would be necessary to fill up the spaceship for the journey to Mars. About 100 passengers would be on each spaceship.

“It will look almost exactly like what you saw,” he said of the planned Interplanetary Transport System. “This is not what it might look like. This is what we plan to make it look like.”

Eventually, about 1,000 spaceships could be in orbit and depart en masse when optimal launch windows to Mars open up about every 26 months. He envisions about 10,000 trips to Mars.

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    Do you want to volunteer to be the first passenger?

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