SpaceX Mars propellant plant | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-05-02

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Mars_transportation_infrastructure


00:02:27 1 History
00:11:02 2 Description
00:11:46 2.1 Overview and major elements
00:14:58 2.2 Rocket technology development
00:16:03 2.2.1 Super Heavy launch vehicle
00:18:21 2.2.2 Starship passenger
00:22:41 2.2.3 Starship tanker and cargo spacecraft
00:24:32 2.3 Mars propellant plant and base
00:29:40 2.4 Launch site
00:31:57 3 Mission concepts
00:32:07 3.1 Lunar tourism mission
00:32:36 3.2 Mars early missions
00:34:38 3.3 Mars settlement concept
00:40:10 3.4 Outer planet concepts
00:41:51 4 Funding
00:44:46 5 SpaceX tentative calendar for Mars missions
00:45:29 5.1 2016 plans
00:48:29 5.2 2017 revisions



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Elon Musk and SpaceX have proposed the development of Mars transportation infrastructure in order to facilitate the eventual colonization of Mars. The design includes fully reusable launch vehicles, human-rated spacecraft, on-orbit propellant tankers, rapid-turnaround launch/landing mounts, and local production of rocket fuel on Mars via in situ resource utilization (ISRU). SpaceX's aspirational goal is to land the first humans on Mars by 2024.The key element of the infrastructure is the SpaceX Super Heavy, a two-stage rocket where the upper stage ("Starship") is also used as spacecraft to reach Mars and to return to Earth. To achieve a large payload, the spacecraft first enters Earth orbit, where it is refuelled before it departs to Mars. After landing on Mars, the spacecraft is loaded with locally produced fuel to return to Earth. The expected payload of Super Heavy is for the Starship second stage to inject 150 tonnes (330,000 lb) to Mars.SpaceX intends to concentrate its resources on the transportation part of the Mars colonization project, including the design of a propellant plant based on the Sabatier process that will be deployed on Mars to synthesize methane and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants from the local supply of atmospheric carbon dioxide and ground-accessible water ice. However, Musk advocates a larger set of long-term Mars settlement objectives, going far beyond what SpaceX projects to build; a successful colonization would ultimately involve many more economic actors—whether individuals, companies, or governments—to facilitate the growth of the human presence on Mars over many decades.