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>SpaceX had initially planned to send a rocket filled with robots to Mars in 2026. Then progress stalled. SpaceX has big plans for its Starship rocket. Versions of it are instrumental to the company's plans for missions to the moon and Mars. SpaceX is unlikely to attempt a Mars mission in 2026 after all, according to CEO Elon Musk, marking a setback in his plans to colonize the planet. "It would be a low-probability shot and somewhat of a distraction," Musk told entrepreneur Peter Diamandis in a podcast recorded in late December and published this week.

Archive: https://archive.today/1x3BE From the post: >>SpaceX had initially planned to send a rocket filled with robots to Mars in 2026. Then progress stalled. SpaceX has big plans for its Starship rocket. Versions of it are instrumental to the company's plans for missions to the moon and Mars. SpaceX is unlikely to attempt a Mars mission in 2026 after all, according to CEO Elon Musk, marking a setback in his plans to colonize the planet. "It would be a low-probability shot and somewhat of a distraction," Musk told entrepreneur Peter Diamandis in a podcast recorded in late December and published this week.
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That means they are technically not ready for it yet.

It would be a waste of resources to try to send spaceships that are still in their development stages.

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That is true. There are also better and worse launch windows so it probably does not line up with what they think they can get done or can test by the "best" launch window. Who want's to add time if you don't have to and you can spend a year getting the tech in a much better place?