Starship spacecraft

GS-III: Starship spacecraft

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SpaceX unveiled a prototype design of its next-generation Starship spacecraft that will take people or cargo to the moon, Mars or other destinations in space or around Earth.

Starship

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft will be capable of carrying up to 100 people on long-duration interplanetary flights and deliver as much as around 100 tons of payload for building bases on Moon and Mars cities.
It has been designed for full and rapid reusability.
Starship was first unveiled in 2016 as a fully reusable spacecraft and back then, it was called Interplanetary Transport System (ITS).
In 2017, it was renamed the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) and the design was updated as well.
The spacecraft was finally named Starship in 2018 with more design improvements.

Design:

It is 164 feet (50 meters) tall and has a diameter of nine meters.
It will be launched into space with the help of its Super Heavy booster, which can include up to 37 Raptor engines, though only 24 would be required for each mission.
Super Heavy measures 223 feet in length, while its diameter is also nine meters.

Why Starship?

According to the SpaceX CEO, the Earth will face a near-extinction event at some point in time, which is why a “backup” plan for all humankind is needed.
The ultimate goal is to colonize Mars over the next 100 years and SpaceX has been quite vocal of his idea in the past.

Source: Indian Express

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