Space Exploration Technology Corporation May be ready to carry people back and forth moon Before 2024, Elon MuskThe founder and CEO of the company said.
NASA A project called Artemis is being launched in cooperation with Musk’s private space company to bring humans back to the moon where no one has been standing on the moon since 1972.
SpaceX’s mission is to develop the first commercial lander, called the Human Landing System (HLS), for lunar missions. As part of a $2.89 billion transaction.
The first will involve NASA’s Space Launch System rocket to send four astronauts on the Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit.Two crew members will be transferred to Space Exploration Technology Corporation The lander heads to the surface of the moon and they will explore for about a week.
The lander is then expected to bring them back to orbit, allowing them to return to Orion before returning to Earth.
SpaceX’s HLS interstellar spacecraft will stay in space and be used for multiple trips between the lunar orbit and the lunar surface. It is hoped that a landing system can be designed to travel to Mars and other destinations.
Was asked Twitter“Do you want the lunar spacecraft to be ready to land on humans in 2024 (although there are other delays)?” Musk simply replied: “It may be faster.”
SpaceX has been contacted for comments.
When Musk’s company was founded, the idea was to make life more planetary. In January 2020, Musk stated that he planned to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050.
The company hopes that Starship — the name is also used to refer to its rocket and spacecraft combination — will eventually become a fully reusable transportation system that can carry up to 100 people to the red planet at a time.
This ambitious project encountered several setbacks. Four prototypes took off successfully, but struggled in the landing action and eventually destroyed themselves.
However, in May, when the prototype serial number 15 (SN15) successfully completed the high-altitude ascent and landing, a major breakthrough was made.
The latest collaboration between SpaceX and NASA is not the first time the company and the agency have collaborated.
Musk’s company is one of two private companies (the other is Boeing), which has reached an agreement with the agency’s astronauts to transport them to the International Space Station. SpaceX does this by using it Crew Dragon Spaceship.
Jeff BezosAnother billionaire American who leads his own space company has been criticizing NASA’s decision to hand over the contract to SpaceX instead of his Blue Origin project. Dynetics, based in Alabama, also missed the lunar lander deal.
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