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2016-04-28 Science & Technology

SpaceX planning to be first private company to land on Mars by 2018

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Posted by Fred 2016-04-28 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 interesting SAA contract with NASA on this..
In exchange for all data NASA will help them with JPL fully on-board.

When this is over they should know how to make an interplanetary spaceship.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/04/spacex-debut-red-dragon-2018-mars-mission/

Posted by 3dc 2016-04-28 02:19|| 2016-04-28 02:19|| Front Page Top

#2 You need an awful lot of delta-v if you want a large payload there in a shorter amount of time. Do they have anything that can fill that role or do they plan on docking it together in orbit and go from there?

Posted by Pearl Big Foot3043 2016-04-28 19:14|| 2016-04-28 19:14|| Front Page Top

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