Monday 2 April 2018

You can fly anywhere on earth in less than one hour: Elon Musk plan

SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk planing to take human to Mars.The Falcon heavy may be a remarkable rocket ,particularly after its successful maiden launch , but SpaceX has something more impressive on the horizon: BFR( Big Falcon Rocket).The BFR system is planned to replace the Falcon 9 and Falcon heavy launch vehicle,as well as the Dragon space craft, initially aiming at the Earth -orbit launch market.
http://spacenews.com/musk-unveils-revised-version-of-giant-interplanetary-launch-system/ CREDIT SpaceX
The rocket will be composed of two stage:-

  • Booster:- a reusable booster stage.
  • Spaceship:- a large , long duration spaceship capable of carrying passenger or between the destination on earth
The ship's payload bay, where people and cargo go, will be eight storey tall, it is under the construction.
"BFR is really designed for being able to launch every few hours, where as the Falcon architecture is designed to be able to launch every few days in an optimal situation".
The official thing is ,the Falcon heavy has not been approved by the U.S. Government to carry people, but the officials has not said anything about the approval . it is expected to get shortly, though it was also expected to take up two private citizen who paid for a trip around the moon.Musk said the will likely hitch a ride on the BFR instead.
During a question answer session at the 2018 south by southwest festival in Austin, Musk made another audacious claim. He reckons that test flight for SpaceX's "Big Falcon Rocket" designed to ferry the first colonists to Mars could happen as early as the first half of 2019.
" I think we will be able to do short flight , up and  down flight , some  time in the first half of next year," told in Austin, Texas.
The BFR concept was first unveiled in 2016 and later refined in September 2017, when Musk affirmed passengers will be able to make "most long distance trip" in just 30 minutes and go "anywhere on earth in under an hour." All for the price of an economy airline ticket to boot. 
construction of BFR-
the system is powered by 42  Raptor engine, will be partially reusable  and capable of carrying up to 100 people and it will be larger than the Airbus A 380 airplane. BFR consist of a 190 feet  tall booster for it's first stage. The second stage is currently not designed to be recoverable .  
" For the people who go to mars , it will be far more dangerous. It is a kind of read like Shackleton's ad for Antarctic explorers. Difficult ,dangerous , good chance you will die .Excitement for who survive."Musk warned
Cost of BFR
Elon musk announced aspirational goals for interplanetary transport system of a $200-million ship ,a $130-million tanker and a $230- million booster that could cut the cost per ton to mars eventually to less than $140000.



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