Big Fucking Rocket: Mask told about the new missile and the timing of the launch of the expedition to Mars

The International Aeronautics Congress, which is being held in Australia. The businessman discussed with his colleagues further plans for space exploration and shared information on the development of Mars. Among other things, Mask introduced the Large Falcon missile and told what it was created for.

Big Falcon Rocket - the so-called universal transport system, consisting of a reusable superheavy rocket and a ship capable of holding up to a hundred people. According to Mask, such a bundle can be used not only for the Martian and Lunar missions, but also for the delivery of cargo to the ISS. And with the help of BFR it will be possible to deliver people from one point of the globe to another - a video with the presentation of this mode of transportation, he published in his Instagram.

Big Fucking Rocket - so Mask jokingly called the development - will be able to bring to a low reference orbit up to 150 tons of payload. The first stage of the carrier is going to be equipped with 31 Raptor engines. According to the head of SpaceX, in the future BFR can replace all existing missiles produced by the company, as it will become a universal means for transportation of cargoes and astronauts. Inside the BFR there will be 825 cubic meters of free space, divided into 40 cabins and a common area. The length of the ship will be about 48 meters, and its weight will be almost 85 tons. The first two unmanned BFR flights to Mars are planned to be completed by 2022, and two years later SpaceX plans to send people to the Red Planet.