Space race-2018

NASA will launch a new landing gear to Mars, another probe will have to approach the Sun at a record-breaking distance. In addition, the world is waiting for new achievements from private space market players.

new spaceships, new flights, new achievements. However, we are waiting for this from any coming year.

The launch of Falcon Heavy has been postponed for the fifth year already. Initially, its construction was announced back in 2011, and the first launch was to take place in late 2013.

In July 2017, Mask admitted that the creation of the rocket was more complicated than expected. At the heart of the rocket are three returned first stages, similar to those in the Falcon 9 missiles. Mask recently announced that the first launch of the missile will take place in January 2018, and the payload, which Tesla sports car will perform, will be sent to Mars.

Moon race

March 31 is the date of the end of the Google Lunar X-prize competition, in which the winning team needs to deliver a moon-rover to the moon, travel 500 meters and transfer the data to Earth.

Under the terms of the competition, the team that will fulfill the demand will receive the main prize - $ 20 million.

However, judging by the readiness of the apparatus prepared by the five contenders for the victory, it is unlikely that any of them will be able to make it to the deadline with the start.