The visions of Elon Musk have always transcended the limits of what seems impossible. Elon Musk has been working tirelessly on the Starship rocket for nearly two years since he openly declared his dream of colonizing Mars. SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 is a massive next-generation rocket that Musk hopes will soon carry humans to the moon and ultimately to Mars.
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What is Starship 2.0?
In recent months, Elon Musk hinted at a much bigger and better rocket called Starship 2.0. The Starship 2.0 rocket is expected to be much faster and more powerful than the original Starship rocket. In addition to the Super Heavy Starship 1.0, SpaceX now plans a Starship 2.0 that will be up to eight times larger than the Starship 1.0. The Starship 1.0 on the other hand is only capable of launching 100 tons into orbit based on being fully reusable.
What is Musk’s ultimate goal behind launching Starship 2.0?
There is a minimum distance of approximately 33.9 million miles between Earth and Mars. However, Elon Musk is hoping to send 1 million humans to Mars by 2050, regardless of the distance between Earth and the red planet. Musk also stated that he would have to transport a million tons of materials there from Earth to Mars. This ensures that the colony is self-sufficient for everything in the future.
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Will the SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 cost more?
Sending humans and other essential materials to Mars would cost a lot of money and be very expensive to SpaceX. Musk has to figure out affordable, yet effective, ways for humans to travel between planets. So, Elon Musk first introduced the Starship 1.0 which cost too much but had its capabilities and advantages. Now, since Starship 2.0 is way more capable of carrying things, it would cost a lot more than the Starship 1.0.
How big is SpaceX’s Starship 1.0?
Let us first take a look at the current first generation of Starships to get an idea of how big the Starship 2.0 would be. When combined with the Superheavy rocket booster, the Starship 1.0 appears about 400 feet tall. In other words, one can also say that the Starship 1.0 stands much taller when compared to the Statue of Liberty.
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How big will SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 look?
In a recent announcement, SpaceX mentioned that its new Starship 2.0 is two times bigger than the existing Starships that are used to transport humans and cargo to the moon and Mars. In an update to Starship Version 2.0, Elon stated in his tweet that 19 meters will be the diameter of the Starship 2.0 in place of 9 meters. Reports also say that the Starship 2.0 would be 775 feet tall and 60 feet wide.
Is SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 the widest rocket ever built?
Looking at its specified dimensions, one could conclude that SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 is the widest rocket that is ever built. Compared with the Starship 1.0, the cross-section of SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 is expected to be four times larger, and its volume is nine times larger than the Starship 1.0. However, the engines of SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 can be further upgraded for the next launch of its Ultra Heavy Starship 2.0. SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 is expected to be having a surface area eight times larger than the Starship 1.0.
Will there be another bigger launch from SpaceX after Starship 2.0?
After all the successful planning and attempts of launching Starships to Mars were successful, there are high chances of SpaceX launching a bigger rocket shortly. It is also expected that the next rocket if launched, would carry around 1000 tons of materials per launch. So, this also paves a way for SpaceX to launch rockets that could handle a payload of about 1.764 million lbs to the moon and Mars.
Conclusion
There are a lot of economic aspects that are to be considered in the aspect of SpaceX’s Starship 2.0. A large rocket cannot be built out of the blue just because a person is having a lot of money. Elon Musk, on the other hand, stated that the reusability of propellants could bring the price down to just two million dollars per launch of the Starship 1.0.
However, one has to note the key point that one launch of SpaceX’s Starship 2.0 is equivalent to eight launches of the Starship 1.0. It is also stated that an estimated amount of 8.4 million dollars would be needed for each launch of the Starship 2.0 because of its fuel costs and support costs.
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FAQs
Que 1. What are the benefits of Starship?
Ans – It has reduced the price of space travel through its innovative features such as reusability, thus ultimately saving NASA money.
Que 2. What will Starship use as fuel?
Ans – It is estimated that Starship uses about 100 tones of methane in the form of LNG as its fuel.
What an amazing project, story, and an ever-present reality. I’ve lived long enough to have seen man’s first venture to the moon live on tv. To see how space, rockets, etc. have changed over these decades has been amazing. Each of us has our own unique gifts, talents, foundation, outlook, etc. and there is a bravery when shared with the world. Elon Musk seems to do his due diligence and I wish him well on all of his personal and professional endeavors. Great article by the way. Take care
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