Paul Graham
@paulg · Sep 8, 2024
Whoah, this is not one of those things happening in a couple decades. This is happening in 4 years.
Elon Musk@elonmusk· Sep 7, 2024The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
Flight rate will
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Attempting to land giant spaceships on Mars will happen in that timeframe, but humans are only going after the landings are proven to be reliable.
4 years is best case for humans, might be 6, hopefully not 8.
04:38 AM · September 8, 2024 · 91.9K views
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