Starship
The US company Space-X is heavily
involved in space research as a private sector.
Company owner Elon Musk is also known for his vision. Now Musk is soon planning to make a prototype
of a Launch Vehicle which will soon prove to be a game changer in space
travel. A fully reusable transport
system will be able to take about 100 people to Mars. When Elon Musk founded
Space-X, his basic objectives were to make multi planetary life possible.
Musk himself intends to travel to Mars
in his life and has been talking about colonizing the human settlement on
Mars. In terms of humans, they see Mars
as an alternative to Earth. This is the
reason that every use and every test of Space-X is done keeping in mind its
ultimate goal.
Features
of Starship
The rocket portion of this system of
Elon Musk and Space-X is called Super Heavy while the part of the spacecraft is
called Starship. The two together make a
120 meter long system, which is also called starship. Yan starship where 50 meters long. There is so much space in the front of it
that it can carry a lot of cargo or people with it. It will be used as methane fuel. Musk also sees it as a very useful fuel on
Mars. It will have 28 Raptor engines and
it will also have refueling facilities.
After the launch of the Starship (Space-X),
Super Heavy will break away from him after reaching a predetermined
height. But from here he will come back
to the Launch Station. It was previously
thought that it would be landing on six legs of steel, but now it is planned to
hold it with one arm of the launching tower.
In addition, the starship will arrive in the parking orbit, where it
will be refueling. Here the starship
will be connected to another vehicle which will already be present there. With this, the journey to Mars will be
possible.
Capacity
of Starship
It will take a total of 18 months (other
than stay time) to come to Mars. There
will be 40 cabins in the front portion of the starship, in which one cabin can
accommodate 5-6 people, but currently two to three people will be kept, so that
100 people will be in one flight. The
starship may also have a role in NASA's Artemis mission, which aims to have a
longer presence on the moon. Musk believes
that the starship can also take people to the planet Guru in the future.
Function of Starship
Until now, parachutes or special types
of aircraft were used to bring spacecraft back to Earth, which could land on
the runway. But the upper part of the
starship of Space-X will first enter the Atmosphere from 60 degree angle. After that, on coming to the ground, it will
be parallel to the surface. Apart from
this, the vehicle will also use steel landing flaps. Finally the vehicle will be perpendicular to
the sky. According to Musk, they will
use such methods that can be used on other planets as well.
Space-X & Starship
Space-X has been testing a lot of
prototypes in the last few years. It was
only last month that he tested the SN-8 (Starship Number-8) which came back to
Earth after reaching an altitude of 12.5 km and gave enough figures before it
was destroyed in the final stages during the landing. Two months ago, Musk and Space-X are planning
an unmanned flight to Mars in the year 2024.
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