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Elon Musk: SpaceX's Mars Rocket Could Fly Short Flights By Next Year

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

On stage at SXSW, Elon Musk issued yet another incredibly ambitious timeline. During a Q&A session on Sunday, Musk said SpaceX will be ready to fly its Mars rocket in 2019. He said: We are building the first ship, or interplanetary ship, right now, and we'll probably be able to do short flights, short up and down flights, during the first half of next year. Further reading: Fortune.

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  1. I don't believe anything Elon says by NEDHead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Despite all the evidence to the contrary

    1. Re:I don't believe anything Elon says by 110010001000 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Exactly! People said Musk couldn't build the first electric car: but he did. Then they said he couldn't be the first person to launch satellites to LEO: but he did. The guys is really amazing!

    2. Re:I don't believe anything Elon says by 110010001000 · · Score: 3, Funny

      The most amusing part is I got +4 Interesting. Pathetic.

  2. Re:Probably a bit ambitious, but still an improvem by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

      -- Douglas Adams

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    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  3. Re:"short flights" by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 3, Funny

    You really don't want to commit a group of people to a year long voyage to Mars and back in an untested spacecraft.

    Depends on who the people are.