Elon Musk has talked about sending humans to Mars

The number of engines of a new rocket BFR was reduced from 42 originally planned to 31.

The head of the company SpaceX Elon Musk is confident that his rocket will sit on Mars even with the failure of parts of the engines.

The head of SpaceX said during a conversation with the users of the website Reddit.

According to the Mask, now he was confident that the company will receive the necessary amount of money to create a rocket BFR and flight to Mars, however, the construction of the Mars base itself, he believes, will require the help of other companies.

“Our goal is to get people on Mars and provide them with the basic infrastructure for production and survival. A rough analogy is that we are trying to build the equivalent of the transcontinental railroad. A huge number of industry must be built on Mars by other companies, millions of people,” said Musk, responding to a question about what the company plans to operate its SpaceX.

Head of SpaceX noted that the number of engines of a new rocket BFR was reduced from 42 originally planned to 31. This is done to reduce the complexity of the design of the rocket. The mass BFR is significantly less than he had originally planned.

“We want to reach and exceed the safety standards adopted for the jet engines of passenger planes. Sravnival reliability on aircraft engines, we will add a casing to protect them from sudden destruction, and with a large number of engines than a conventional airliner, we can easily surpass the security standards adopted for passenger traffic. The ship can get to Mars even in the worst scenario, because all the motors at once will not refuse,” – said Musk.

Mask asked as it relates to the use of 3D printing to create spacecraft. The businessman said, some parts of the engines may have to be printed, but mostly it will be traditional methods of manufacture.

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