"Elon Musk has unveiled plans for a new spacecraft that he says would allow his company SpaceX to colonise Mars, build a base on the moon, and allow commercial travel to anywhere on Earth in under an hour.
The spacecraft is currently still codenamed the BFR (Big Farkin' Rocket). Musk says the company hopes to have the first launch by 2022, and then have four flying to Mars by 2024."
linky
One thing that always springs to my mind with the idea of landing a BFR on Mars is where to land it, especially if it's scheduled to take off again later. My guess (and it's only that) is that you wouldn't plan to land on raw Martian rock, and would need a purpose-built landing/launch pad. After all, I don't see SpaceX landing their rockets on Earthly rock and dirt.
If that's a fair assessment then that pad would need to be built without a BFR to ferry in the equipment and it would have to be constructed through a series of 'conventional' missions.
Thoughts?
The spacecraft is currently still codenamed the BFR (Big Farkin' Rocket). Musk says the company hopes to have the first launch by 2022, and then have four flying to Mars by 2024."
linky
One thing that always springs to my mind with the idea of landing a BFR on Mars is where to land it, especially if it's scheduled to take off again later. My guess (and it's only that) is that you wouldn't plan to land on raw Martian rock, and would need a purpose-built landing/launch pad. After all, I don't see SpaceX landing their rockets on Earthly rock and dirt.
If that's a fair assessment then that pad would need to be built without a BFR to ferry in the equipment and it would have to be constructed through a series of 'conventional' missions.
Thoughts?
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