Elon Musk Unveils Plan for SpaceX’s Mars ‘Starship’ Rocket

Elon Musk Unveils Plan for SpaceX’s Mars ‘Starship’ Rocket
A prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft at the company's launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Sept. 28, 2019. Loren Elliott/Getty Images
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Elon Musk gave space fans an outline of plans for “Starship,” the next-generation vehicle his Space Exploration Technologies Corp. expects to use to eventually take humans to Mars.

Ultimately, Starship will carry as many as 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights. SpaceX said on Twitter.