Comparing the size and thrust of five rockets visiting Mars in the coming decades. As governments and private companies race to send astronauts to Mars, bigger is once again better.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk would not want to change his mind after the first stage of the recycled Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket will now have its second stage for future missions.
The reusability of Falcon 9 is billed as ‘a huge revolution in spaceflight’ by the CEO of SpaceX. The private space company plans to operate rockets commercially, just like any other passenger airliner.