A Twitter from SpaceX announced this morning that -
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Originally Posted by spacex mars, Twitter
Planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018. Red Dragons will inform overall Mars architecture, details to come.
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See
https://twitter.com/search?q=spacex+...Ctwgr%5Esearch
Reuters reported a short while ago that -
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Originally Posted by Irene Klotz, Reuters
The company said it will provide details of its Mars program at the International Astronautical Congress in September.
"Dragon 2 is designed to be able to land anywhere in the solar system," Musk posted on Twitter. "Red Dragon Mars mission is the first test flight."
He said that with an internal volume about the size of a sports utility vehicle, the Dragon spacecraft would be uncomfortable for people making the long journey to Mars.
Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur who helped to found Tesla Motors and PayPal, started SpaceX in 2002 with the goal of slashing launch costs to make Mars travel affordable.
SpaceX intends to debut its Mars rocket, a heavy-lift version of the Falcon 9 booster currently flying, later this year.
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Article here -
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sp...-idUSKCN0XO28Z
