SpaceX announces Mars Colonisation architecture

[Aide33]

Video of the system in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qo78R_yYFA

If you want to watch the whole announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1YxNYiyALg

from spacex.com/mars:

SpaceX Founder, CEO, and Lead Designer Elon Musk will discuss the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. The technical presentation will focus on potential architectures for sustaining humans on the Red Planet that industry, government and the scientific community can collaborate on in the years ahead.

Pictures of the Interplanetary Colonization System

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[JumboMuffin]

thats if the rocket doesn't explode before launch :^)

[Tayasaurus]

Scenario: SpaceX and Nasa arrive at the exact same time and populate Mars. At the same time the earth is somehow destroyed and they have to populate and grow on that planet over hundreds of years. Eventually they become two nations at odds with eachother.

[kevin 51l]

scenario: haha it looks like a snake

[77x5ghost2]

this won't end well

[SeventhSandwich]

I don't know how they're going to hire any astronauts when every other rocket explodes on launch. Sounds like kind of a stuffty job, even with bonuses + dental.

[The Resonte!]

scenario: haha it looks like a snake

where's that gif

[cooolguy32]

rip

[Aide33]

I don't know how they're going to hire any astronauts when every other rocket explodes on launch. Sounds like kind of a stuffty job, even with bonuses + dental.

>every other rocket

2 out of 29

[Conan]

http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/a/32607

[SeventhSandwich]

>every other rocket

2 out of 29

Idk man. Imagine playing D&D and literally exploding every time you roll a natural 20.

[IkeTheGeneric]

Imagine playing D&D and literally exploding every time you roll a natural 20.

Why would it explode on a critical success?

[Arekan]

We're gunna colonize Mars with a giant space carrot?

[Aide33]

http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/a/32607

hehehe that gave me a chuckle

Idk man. Imagine playing D&D and literally exploding every time you roll a natural 20.

more like a natural 30, but yeah I know what you mean, but this is what happens when you try to rapidly innovate an industry in 10 years whereas your competition has been going slow and steady for the past 50.

Like in aviation, there will be accidents, there will be deaths, it's unavoidable. But in the greater picture, technology and humanity keep moving.

[Space1255]

I for one am hoping to be pleasantly surprised by this mission. Didn't watch the video yet because I'm on cell data rn but I'll watch when I get home.