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Getting People to Mars: Boeing vs. SpaceX

posted by martyb on Friday October 07 2016, @10:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the protecting-your-meal-ticket dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13178056/boeing-ceo-mars-colony-rocket-spacex-elon-musk

Boeing's CEO says his company will be the first to put a man on Mars:

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is aiming to start a Martian colony within the next decade, but another rival CEO says his company will actually be the one to put humans on the Red Planet first. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg recently answered questions at the "Whats Next" tech conference in Chicago, and when asked about the future of his company, he focused on breakthroughs in space travel. "I'm convinced that the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive there riding on a Boeing rocket," said Muilenburg, according to Bloomberg.

[...] Currently, Boeing is designing and developing the Space Launch System, the massive rocket that NASA wants to use to send people to Mars. So when Muilenburg says the first people will get to the planet with a Boeing rocket, he's most likely referring to the SLS.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by richtopia on Friday October 07 2016, @11:38PM

    by richtopia (3160) on Friday October 07 2016, @11:38PM (#411642) Homepage Journal

    So you would consider ULA a different entity than Boeing? Yea, it isn't Boeing proper, but I would say Boeing is very experienced in the field of rocket launch systems. And beyond that they are the sole manufacturer of the X-37.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Launch_Alliance [wikipedia.org]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37 [wikipedia.org]

    I'm thrilled companies are competing in this space. I don't care who gets there first, but I want to get there.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by physicsmajor on Saturday October 08 2016, @12:45AM

    by physicsmajor (1471) on Saturday October 08 2016, @12:45AM (#411654)

    Competition is great, but this guy is puffing. The ULA is separate from Boeing. His statement that it would be on a Boeing rocket is false, unless Boeing is developing something behind closed doors that is human rated with heavy lift capability. I doubt it.

    Disregarding that, the ULA has absolutely nothing human rated in their vehicle list - and the SLS has yet to fly. By all reports it's moving a heck of a lot slower than SpaceX or Blue Origins. Actions speak louder than words, and Boeing's actions here are deafening.