BFR

(cont'd from yesterday's post)

Elon Musk says it's vital to figure out how to fund this very expensive enterprise of making humanity into a "multi-planetary species." He thinks they have a plan that will provide the money.

It's a progression through a sequence of rockets. Right now SpaceX uses its Falcon 9 to deliver cargo up to the International Space Station (ISS) for its customer, NASA. Next, the Falcon Heavy will take crew to the ISS for NASA, and then make trips to the moon to establish a base there.

Finally, another much bigger rocket will take the place of both of those. Til they find a good name, they're calling it the "BFR." You saw in Tuesday's post that it will not only go to the moon and to Mars, but also make commercial flights right here on earth, flying above the atmosphere.

There's much, much more to the plan on this video. One amazing thing they've learned after 16 successful landings of the Falcon 9 in a row . . is how to make a perfect propulsion landing. It's gotten so precise that Elon says the rocket doesn't need landing legs anymore. Incredible. They must have this landing skill perfected to take colonists to Mars.