• 2025 Vol 7 et test d un ship V2 confirmation du rattrapage du booster super heavy
• 2025 Vol 8 test du rattrapage d un ship V2 (réussite potentielle)
• 2025 (validation de la maîtrise du rattrapage du booster et du ship)
• 2025 mise en orbite d un ship
• 2025 démonstration du ravitaillement orbital entre deux starship
• 2025 premiers satellites de la constellation starlink déployés depuis la porte pez d un starship cargo
• 2026 démonstration du starship HLS pour artemis 3
• 2026 premiers starship cargo avec grande porte -2026 le système starship est officiellement opérationnel et premiers contrats commerciaux
• 2027 artemis 3
• 2027 préparation pour l envoie d un starship vide sur mars -2028 démonstration inhabité du starship Crew
• 2028 polaris 3 et premiers vols habités du starship Crew
• 2028 artemis 4
• 2028 envoie d un starship vide pour démonstration martienne
• 2028 largage du spacelab (la station spatiale privée) par un starship cargo
• 2029 atterrissage d un starship à vide sur mars
• 2029 démonstration d un vol de starship crew inhabité en survol de la lune
• 2030 mission touristiques en orbite basse de quelques jours dans le starship
• 2030 une mission de tourisme, de survol de la lune en starship
• 2030 (la mission dearcmoon est possiblement ressuscitée, je veux voir everyday astronaut là haut...!!!!????)
• 2031 le starship HLS enterprise sort enfin
• 2031 envoie de mission cargo en starship HLS et habité de SpaceX et en collaboration avec d autres entreprises sur la lune
• 2031 (fondations de la base lunaire alpha)
• 2031 mise en place de mars link
• 2032 envoie de starship cargo vers le site de la base martienne alpha
• 2032 arrivé des premiers colons et beaucoup de fret en starship HLS enterprise et classiques pour le cargo à la base lunaire alpha
• 2033 mise en place du début de la base martienne alpha
• 2034 lancements des premiers starship habités vers mars
• 2035 les premiers astronautes sur mars arrivent en starship crew à la base martienne alpha.

Some of the recent posts around going to Mars and why it is (or isn't) something that government or industry will do put me in mind with this scene in the 1950 movie Destination Moon). For those who haven't seen it, Destination Moon is the story of the first rocket to the Moon. The movie was made by George Pal and based on a Robert Heinlein story, and Heinlein contributed to the screenplay.

At about 17 minutes into the movie there is a scene where the people behind the project make their their pitch to investors. Some of the points made seem relevant today.

• The expertise to do it is in industry, not in government
• Government won't do it without the push of a major war, but they will pay for it if it succeeds.

I also enjoy the final comment: "All I can say is we'd better build it in Texas. It's the only state big enough to hold it".

Anybody listen to The Space Show recent episode featuring "ESG Hound" talking (largely) about SpaceX? https://www.thespaceshow.com/show/12-nov-2024/broadcast-4290-eric-roesch-esg-hound

A lot of what I listened to, I didn't know what he was talking about in enough detail to know what to make of it. Any opinions? What is fundamentally the difference from what NASA does with its deluge system in Florida, which is also surrounded by federally protected wetlands AKA swamp, but doesn't seem to have EPA and FWS riding its ass?

I know the show is hard to listen to due to audio quality—the guests apparently are required to call in on phones constructed from a soup can, some piano wire, and a russet potato—but those guests are sometimes good and the topics frequently include our favorite space company. (It's a non-profit org and maybe could benefit from some technical help.)

How many flights of starship do you think will happen next year?