Stars, Stars, Cars to Mars Musk SpaceX ambitious

China News Service reported on December 24th that on December 22, local time, the United States SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket and sent the fourth batch of 10 second-generation comets to orbit. The record-breaking 18th launch is also the fourth launch of the satellite communications company. SpaceX has made great moves in recent days and CEO Elon Musk has also demonstrated the car that will be launched to Mars.

On December 22, local time, when SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket, the sky left traces and caused concern on social networking sites.

According to reports, Muske’s launch of the "One Shot, Ten Stars" has received many attention. On social networking sites, there are videos of people leaving behind the Falcon 9 rocket to leave a mark on the sky. People discuss SpaceX's moves one after another.

In addition, Musk also showed a red cabriolet Roadster, which looks full of "high-tech" content. It is reported that the car will be launched into Mars using the "Falcon Heavy" rocket. The sports car has been loaded onto the rocket.

Roadster red sports car

Musk said that the purpose of launching the Red Roadster to Mars is to diversify the test. "If there is no explosion, the car will be sent to the orbit of Mars, and it may be 10 billion years deep in space."

Earlier he announced that the "heavy falcon" was scheduled to be launched on January 1, 2018 at Cape Canaveral's launch site in Florida. The launch will be accompanied by the simultaneous broadcast of David Bowie’s song “Space Oddity”.

Elrond Musk publishes images on a social networking site about plans to launch Roadster sports cars with rockets.

According to the data, the "Falcon Heavy" rocket actually connected the first quarter propellers of three Falcon 9 rockets and added a combination of the second quarter propeller of the Falcon 9 and a total of 27 rockets. engine.

SpaceX will perform a ground fire test for the "Falcon Heavy" rocket at the end of the month.

The Falcon 9 is used to carry artificial satellites and to send materials to the International Space Station. The "Falcon Heavy" rocket will be used as a vehicle to carry super-manufactured satellites, and it will send materials to Mars and other more distant targets in the future.

Falcon 9 rocket launch data map

The maximum lifting thrust of the Falcon Heavy Rocket was 5.1 million pounds, enough to send 140,000 pounds of material to near-Earth orbit or 37,000 pounds of cargo to Mars. The "Saturn 5" rocket used by NASA in the 1960s has a higher carrying capacity than "Falcon Heavy" but cannot be reused.

It was initially expected that this type of launch vehicle will fly to Mars in 2013, but the launch time will push again.