- SpaceX is preparing for the first test launch of Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket.
- SpaceX Starship is a fully reusable spacecraft that SpaceX designed and built with the primary purpose of carrying humans to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
The most important goals
- Starship will be used by SpaceX to build a self-sustaining human settlement on Mars.
- The ultimate goal is for humans to evolve into a multi-planetary species.
- It also intends to make Starship reusable, lowering the cost of spaceflight to a few million dollars per voyage.
- The company’s long-term goal is to achieve full and speedy reusability of the spacecraft.
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/spacex-starship-worlds-biggest-rocket-set-for-first-test-flight/article66746354.ece