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Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species

SpaceX
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SpaceX Founder, CEO, and Lead Designer Elon Musk will discuss the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. The technical presentation will focus on potential architectures for sustaining humans on the Red Planet that industry, government and the scientific community can collaborate on in the years ahead. ...more
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Introduction

0:00

Why go anywhere

1:15

Solar system scale

2:38

Our options

3:44

Mars vs Earth

5:20

Mars Exploration

6:50

The Problem

7:20

Key Elements

9:45

Reusability

10:10

Picking the right propellant

14:24

The four elements

16:30

The system architecture

21:59

Carbon fiber

26:56

Pressurization

27:58

Performance Bar

29:16

Rocket Booster

33:43

Spaceship

37:21

Trip Time

39:31

Heat Shield

40:29

Crew Compartment

41:50

propellant plant

42:35

cost

43:16

funding

44:15

SpaceX

46:31

The Future

53:29

Propulsive Landing

57:26

Raptor Engine Fire

58:13
Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species
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2016Sep 27
SpaceX Founder, CEO, and Lead Designer Elon Musk will discuss the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. The technical presentation will focus on potential architectures for sustaining humans on the Red Planet that industry, government and the scientific community can collaborate on in the years ahead.

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