Since the launch of Tesla cars, which brought personal electric transportation back into the automotive market, Elon Musk has turned his attention to other industries.
With 15 successful SpaceX flights and the Starship rocket selected by NASA to take astronauts to the moon in 2026, the billionaire has established himself in the space travel sector.
Aside from ambitions to reach Mars, first on an unmanned mission in 2026 and then take humans to the Red Planet, Musk plans to use his rockets to transport passengers on Earth as widely as they do in outer space. Starship, according to the CEO, will be able to transport people to Earth, reaching any city in the world in under an hour.
A video posted by SpaceX on YouTube in 2017, almost 6 years before the rocket made its first test flight, has resurfaced on social media, and with Donald Trump re-elected as President of the United States, people are convinced that the project will soon be approved for “intraplanetary” transportation. Musk himself wrote on his own social media:
Now it’s possible.
The video shows passengers boarding a floating launch pad and, shortly after liftoff, the Super Heavy, which is used as the first stage for the launch, separating from the Starship and returning to base, while the latter continues on to its destination. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 27,000 km/h, it would significantly reduce the flight time compared to commercial aircraft, which have a cruising speed of 880 to 926 km/h.