Musk said that space exploration technology's giant rocket can send people to the moon within a few years.

Elon musk said that NASA's goal of sending astronauts to the moon by 2024 is "feasible" and Starship can carry people in "a few years".

Nasa chose the space exploration technology company's starship rocket as the next moon landing plan, which exploded continuously during the test.

Space exploration technology company is developing a new type of giant rocket called "Starship". Elon musk, the company's founder and CEO, hopes that it can send people to Mars, and NASA has chosen the vehicle to send the next astronauts to the moon.

Musk said at a news conference on Friday that Starship will transport the first humans "within a few years". Previously, Space Exploration Technology Company launched the third astronaut mission for NASA.

"As far as the timetable is concerned, I tend to be optimistic. I think I should admit this, "Musk said with a smile. Therefore, we should have some reservations about this. But I think manned flight is not impossible in the next few years. "

Japanese billionaire Tomoko Maezawa booked a space flight ticket for him and eight others to fly around the moon in 2023. These people will be the first civilian passengers to perform starship missions.

However, the spacecraft still has a long way to go.

Space Exploration Technologies has launched the most advanced starship prototype, just a few miles from the rocket development facility in Boca Chica, Texas. So far, the test flights have all ended in explosions.

The starship seems to launch perfectly, fly to the stratosphere, then turn off the engine-then turn to the abdomen and land on the earth with its wings. It's hard for them to land.

The first two prototypes SN8 and SN9 crashed into the ground at high speed and exploded immediately. The third SN 10 was intact when it landed, but it exploded after 10 minutes. The fourth SN 1 1 exploded in mid-air when the engine was restarted for vertical rollover landing.

"Obviously, we don't need to make craters," Musk said of the explosion. "We still have some work to do, but we are making rapid progress."

Successful landing is very important for the safety of future astronauts. This is also the key to the larger launch system being developed by Space Exploration Technology Company.

The starship will be launched into orbit by a 23-story super-heavy booster. Musk hopes that every part of the system can be reused completely and quickly, thus reducing the cost of space launch to 100 times. So the starship won't explode when it returns to earth.

Musk said: "This is a difficult means of transportation because we are trying to break the nuts of a completely and quickly reusable rocket." "Someone has to do it. If you have quick and complete reusability, then this is the gate of heaven. "

"NASA's support has played a huge role," he added.

Musk called it "feasible" for astronauts to land on the moon in 2024.

NASA is working with Space Exploration Technologies to transform the starship into a lunar lander.

The plan is to use NASA's space launch system to send astronauts to the moon, and then dock with interstellar spacecraft in lunar orbit, so that astronauts can switch spacecraft. After that, the starship will land astronauts on the surface of the moon, stay there for a week, let them explore, and then launch them back to the NASA spacecraft.

NASA officials said that Starship could send the first two astronauts to the moon as early as 2024. This demonstration mission will be the first time to send boots to the surface of the moon since 1972. It will also launch NASA's Artemis project, which aims to establish a permanent human presence on the moon.

Musk believes that NASA's timetable is "feasible"

"We may smash a bunch of ships, but I think it's possible. I think 2024 is very likely. " "Our goal is earlier, but I think it is actually feasible."

The Office of the Inspector General of NASA said that it was "extremely impossible" for the agency to complete the project before the deadline of 2024.

At present, Space Exploration Technology Company is preparing to launch another prototype spacecraft named SerialNo. 15, abbreviated as SN 15. It is not clear when it will be launched, but the rocket has been completely assembled and erected in Bokachica.

Musk has said that he plans to build 1000 starships to transport people and goods to Mars. In the end, he hopes to build a solution there.