Elon Musk Has Announced a New Goal for SpaceX, and It’s Utterly Revolutionary – Futurism

In Brief Following the successful reuse of one of its Falcon 9 rockets, Elon Musk took to Twitter to share SpaceX's next goal: to turn around its rockets for reuse within 24 hours of landing. Leading the Revolution

Elon Musks SpaceX is currently basking in the light of its latest achievement. The company succeeded in starting a spaceflight revolution by being the first entity to launch a mission into space using recycledrockets. The success of this historic mission will significantly lower the cost of space travel. Estimates say the launches could cost up to 30 percent less, saving companies or other organizations millions of dollars.

Musk may still be celebrating the launch, but hes not at all content with just being the first. In a tweet sent out shortly after the successful landing of the refurbished Falcon 9 rocket, he revealed the companys next goal for its rocket line: 24-hour turnaround.

SpaceX is looking to make space travel akin to air travel. Were really looking for true operational reusability, like an aircraft, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said prior to the launch. An aircraft lands, goes to the gate, passengers come off, passengers go on, you refuel, and then you fly again. What were looking to do is exactly that. We land and relaunch on the same day.

Even after this goal is achieved, SpaceX isnt going to be done wowing the world. In fact, theyll be more concerned about impressing other worlds. The company is planning to put a human on the Red Planetpossibly as soon as 2025.

Not only will more economical rockets make it easier for SpaceX to get to Mars, they will also fast-track the ability of humans to stay there, setting up colonies beyond Earth. Musk wants to launch an Interplanetary Transit System (ITS) to keep a steady supplyline operational between the planets.

As SpaceX is a private, not government-operated, company, it can achieve greater levels of collaboration with other countries to make the mission to colonize Mars a truly international effort. Cheaper flights will be a huge part of that.

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