Future flight to Mars is fraught with great risk, therefore, to prepare such a complex mission was not easy, even for SpaceX. Initially, the company planned to send a spacecraft to Mars next, 2018, but later postponed dates to be safe. Now rumors that SpaceX are preparing the launch of two ships, Red Dragon, to be sent to the Red planet in 2020.
The calculations showed that in 2020 the Earth will be from Mars as close as possible, and this means that to run the most successful window, which plan to use, not only to SpaceX, the other company also going to launch to Mars of something.
“Officially the SpaceX representatives did not comment the information about the two ships, but people close to the governing circles, the company claim that such a plan is considered as one of the most likely”, writes Arstechnica.
The press Secretary promised to clarify information.
According to edition information, the Mask thus wants to secure the future mission, so even if one of the ship something goes wrong, the second with high probability will be able to sit on the surface of the planet and deliver equipment. What SpaceX is going to carry on Mars, not yet reported, but presumably it will be the scientific equipment for carrying out various experiments.
SpaceX can send to Mars two spacecraft
Vyacheslav Larionov