The challenges of the most powerful rocket in history.

The second test of the Starship spacecraft was successfully launched, the full height of the rocket and the spacecraft is 121 m, with a diameter of 9 m, the upper part, which is the spacecraft, measures 50 m high, it is more taller than the Statue of Liberty without the pedestal, this ship has a capacity of 1,200 tons of propellant, in addition to a thrust of 1,500 tons of force, being capable of putting 150 tons of payload into orbit, that is the same load that was esteem could carry Christopher Columbus' ship Santa María.

The flight planning would be the same as in the first test, launch from the Star base, after separation the rocket would fall into the Gulf of Mexico, while the ship would reach space, although it would not complete an orbital flight, it would only travel three quarters. parts of the Earth's circumference to make its re-entry over the Pacific and land near the Hawaii Islands.

This test of success marks a before and after, since SpaceX has many challenges, most notably the creation of a version of the starship to take humans to the surface of the moon, in the possible Artemis 3 mission led by NASA, I say. what is possible because the forecast for this to happen so far is that it will be in 2025 but it is increasingly doubtful that it will happen on that date, it is quite likely that the landing with astronauts on the moon will be delayed until 2026.

There is even talk of the Artemis 3 mission transformed into a manned mission but only to the space station that will be placed orbiting the moon, that is, we should wait for the Artemis 4 mission to see the astronauts walk on the dusty lunar surface, Due to all these changes, it is possible that we will see the other commitment of the StarShip first and it is a very curious tourist trip called the DearMoon Crew destined for the orbit of the moon.

The trip is financed by the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, the launch had been announced for this year 2023 but everything was delayed and as it is evident that this is something impossible, however, the launch of the StarShip has passed all the tests and from now on preparation to accommodate humans on a space trip begins, we could see Maezawa and his motley group of friends heading to the moon, among whom there are musicians, a YouTuber, a photographer, a filmmaker, an Indian actor and in the reserve there is a dancer and an Olympic medalist.

I hope that some professional astronaut also goes, in case there is a problem that has to be solved, it would be a trip of about 10 days in which to orbit the moon without landing on it.

But in addition to space exploration and tourism, versions of the StarShip are planned for various functions such as ultra-fast transportation to any place on earth, whether for passengers or for military actions. Elon Musk plans to create a version dedicated to collecting space debris. , an adaptation of the StarShip to use it as a telescope has also been proposed.

Even at the international space university they have had the idea of ​​using the great capacity of a StarShip to quickly create a base on the moon or Mars. To do this, it would be enough to knock down the ship and cover it with lunar regolith, that is, dust and rocks. of the surface in order to protect occupants from radiation and micrometeorite impacts. In this way, it would not be necessary to transport specific modules for that lunar base from our planet. Two starships would be enough, one to knock it down and create the base and the other for the astronauts to return to Earth.

And of course, after the moon, the objective would be Mars and the exploration of the entire solar system, something that this great ship would be capable of doing. Abrir en Google Traductor • Coment

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