One year after announcing an intrepid plan that he claimed could put a million people on Mars by the 2060s, Elon Musk is fine-tuning his roadmap for putting humans on the red planet.
In a somewhat disjointed presentation at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Musk outlined an edited version of his original scheme. His final vision didn’t change much, but he did highlight revisions to a planned 42-engine rocket Musk has nicknamed the BFR, as well as a vague proposal to pay for that rocket by using it to deliver satellites into orbit and to service the International Space Station.
Plus, in future years, the BFR’s targets may multiply. Musk suggested that the rocket could also be used to transport people between any two points on Earth in less than an hour— or perhaps help build an outpost on the moon.
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