SpaceX Just Test Fired “Raptor,” the Next-Gen Engine That Will Take Us to Mars by 2018
Editor’s Note: They know we’re going and soon. Is this why the government of Mars is already being planned now? Because the governments here have done such a great job…
With an eye to establishing a human colony on Mars, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has tested the Raptor interplanetary transport engine – the methane-fueled beast that will lie at the heart of the upcoming gigantic reusable Red Dragon rocket.
The news was reported by Musk over Twitter, and comes as the world waits with bated breath what the visionary will say about his plans to colonize the Red Planet and establish a human city there within a decade.
SpaceX propulsion just achieved first firing of the Raptor interplanetary transport engine pic.twitter.com/vRleyJvBkx
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 26, 2016
The long-awaited speech will come Tuesday, but for now we get a peek at the next-generation engine, developed at a facility in Texas and waiting for the Red Dragon, which should get its own test within a couple of years.
The new engine could provide up to three times more juice than the current Merlin engines SpaceX uses on its Falcon 9 and upcoming Falcon Heavy rockets. According to Musk, it is expected to provide a thrust of around 500,000lb (227,000kg), which puts it in the space shuttle-engine category.
Musk’s plan, however, is to use nine Raptor engines on his future Mars Colonial Transporter, giving the craft way more power than the current three main engines and two booster rockets setup used on the current shuttle.
The company is looking to getting an unmanned vehicle on Mars by 2018, and gives a very optimistic timeframe for a human landing by 2024.
Musk’s long-awaited Tuesday speech – ‘Making Humans a Multi-planetary Species’ – is expected to unveil more details about the Mars conquest and the technical details – maybe even a budget, as SpaceX still hasn’t quantified the cost, aside from using the phrase “a lot of money.”
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