Mars Mission Update: June 2021

The Starship vehicle is poised to revolutionise human spaceflight. With SpaceX and NASA working together to develop Starship for the Artemis Program, our ambitions in space have profoundly changed. Aspiring Martian Colonist Dr Ryan MacDonald charts the course towards the first human missions to the Red Planet. ***** Chapters ***** 0:00 - Introduction 1:20 - SpaceX Starship Overview 4:00 - Early Starship Hardware 5:00 - Starbase Boca Chica Begins 5:33 - Cryogenic Tests & Static Fires 8:06 - Starship Low-Altitude Flights 9:09 - Starship High-Altitude Flights 15:10 - Future of the Starship Program 15:50 - Super Heavy Construction 16:52 - Orbital Starship Design 17:49 - Orbital Starship Launch Profile 18:42 - Starbase Orbital Flight Preparations 19:11 - Starship Program Timeline (2020 - 2021) 20:05 - Starship Sea Launch Platforms 21:45 - Human Spaceflight Overview 22:39 - Commercial Astronaut Flights 25:17 - Artemis Program Overview 26:04 - Arte