This week electrovehicle and space transit magnate Elon Musk unveiled his master design for the human race to become “a multi-planetary species ”,starting with travel to Mars. But while I know it’s an act of remarkable hubris for me to even say this, I believe SpaceX’s plans for their Interplanetary Transport System have some pretty glaring flaws. The great news is they are flaws that are easily corrected by applying some decades-old solutions from the American and Soviet space-faring experience.
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Source: gawker.com