Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and again

Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to hold a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anyplace else within the photo voltaic system and land again on Earth perpendicularly.

In a livestreamed speech from SpaceX’s launch facility close to the southern tip of Texas, Musk mentioned Saturday that the area enterprise’s Starship is predicted to take off for the primary time in about one or two months and attain 65,000 toes (19,800 meters) earlier than touchdown again on Earth.

He says it is important for the viability of area journey to have the ability to reuse spacecraft and that it is vital to take steps to increase consciousness past our planet.

A crowd watched as Musk spoke from a stage in entrance of the massive spacecraft, which has a reflective, steel exterior.

Musk says Saturday marked the 11th anniversary of a SpaceX rocket reaching orbit for the primary time.