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Board Politics & Society
Re: SpaceX and the prospects of Mars colonization.
by
Spendulus
on 16/01/2019, 03:56:53 UTC
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You are wrong. There is a spacecraft planned, its what goes on top of the bfr "Super Heavy"... Called "Starship":



In this CGI picture the launch vehicle "Super Heavy" is returning back to earth while the spacecraft "Starship" goes to an earth orbit to refuel with a similar shaped (but fuel only) vessel; to then carry on with its mission carrying people and cargo.

Here is the official site of their plans: https://www.spacex.com/mars
And here are more details of the spacecraft: http://spaceflight101.com/spx/its-spaceship/

Some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations tell me this will burn up on re entry 100% reliably.