The rocket and spacecraft at the center of Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars could fly humans into orbit within one year — and cost billions of dollars less than he once predicted. He told CNN Business' Rachel Crane this and more at SpaceX facilities.
The SpaceX CEO said two years ago that it would cost between $2 billion and $10 billion to develop the hardware needed to trek millions of miles across deep space.Musk said Saturday he now believes the cost will come in on the low end of that spectrum —"probably closer to a two or three [billion] than it is to 10," he told CNN Business' Rachel Crane during an interview at SpaceX's facilities in Boca Chica, Texas where Musk also unveiled the 160-foot-tall rocket prototype.
"If you could use a car only once, very few people could afford to drive a car. So the critical breakthrough that's necessary is a rapidly reusable orbital rocket.""That is the Holy Grail of space," he said.Musk has spoken publicly for years about his vision for a spacecraft capable of traveling to other planets, and the blueprints have undergone significant revisions.Analysts and critics have questioned whether SpaceX can fund such a project.
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