SpaceX broke all records after the company launched 31 rockets into orbit last year. However, the plans of its CEO, the tycoon Elon Musk, go further.
Looking ahead to this 2022, the purpose of the one who is also CEO of Tesla is to beat that record to reach the launch of 52 rockets, that is, to put a rocket into orbit on a weekly basis.
So he assured Sandra Magnus from ‘CNBC‘, who works on NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. “It’s an ambitious goal. Both the NASA like SpaceX must ensure that adequate resources are used to keep pace safely.”
On the other hand, Magnus explained that despite Musk’s plans, priority must go through guarantee the fulfillment of the missions set by the Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Due to the pace that a mission of this caliber would require, the cost of resources would increase exponentially.
New cost saving strategy
To carry out this work, one of the keys would go through the reuse of ships. Through this strategy, Musk’s aerospace company would achieve significant savings, so the investment would be less than 30 million dollars, while the launch price of these rockets would skyrocket to 90 million in the case of new rockets, according to the aforementioned media.
For the moment, SpaceX has already successfully launched three rockets, two of them from the Falcon 9 series, and another two from the same series are expected to be launched before the end of January. For the rest of the year, another of the models used are those known as ‘Falcon Heavy’.
The Tesla Bot, his other great priority
However, Musk is not going to focus everything on SpaceX. Regarding Tesla, he has parked any plans related to cars and has focused its efforts on the design of the Tesla Bot, the humanoid robot that the North American company presented for the first time five months ago.
Among its main tasks, the first ones to be carried out, are the movement of parts around the factory and solve supply chain problems. This equipped with artificial intelligence and designed to perform common repetitive tasks. In addition, Tesla’s intention is for it to be available at the end of the year.
Unless I change my mind, Tesla will not introduce any new vehicle models, although it will try to expand the business and open new plants in cities like Austin and Berlin.