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SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk plans to launch a prototype of its planned Starship reusable rocket system into orbit in less than six months.
Musk
presented an update on the system at the company's launch facility in Cameron County, Texas on Saturday.
SpaceX expects an existing prototype of the system to attempt a 65-foot flight within a month or two.
The company plans to begin work in the next few months on other prototypes that it expects to reach orbit.
"This is going to sound totally nuts, but I think we want to try to reach orbit in less than six months," Musk said.
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SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk believes the company is on the cusp of achieving "the holy grail of space" travel with its planned reusable Starship rocket system.
He aims to put a prototype in orbit in as little as six months.
Musk laid out the ambitious timeline
during a presentation at the company's launch facility in Cameron County, Texas on Saturday. The presentation was delivered 11 years to the day after SpaceX's first rocket, the Falcon 1, first delivered a payload into space.
