From: tl@none.invalid   
      
   Alain Fournier   wrote:   
   >On Oct/31/2021 at 11:32, Torbjorn Lindgren wrote :   
   >[snip]   
   >> The landing legs for Mars obviously can't be as light as the Moon   
   >> variant but even at 0.3794g they can still be much lighter than on   
   >> Earth AND they're quite a bit down the development pipe.   
   >   
   >Do you know something about SpaceX schedule for going to Mars that I   
   >don't? Last I heard Musk wanted to reach Mars around 2026. I never   
   >thought that SpaceX would keep that schedule, but I don't think that   
   >Musk wants to push the development of Mars landing legs "quite a bit   
   >down the development pipe".   
      
   No special knowledge and I probably overstated it a bit, what about   
   "not an immediate concern"?   
      
   To my mind they have plenty of things they need to get done before   
   starting full work on the design-work for the Mars landing legs,   
   though I expect SOME work is already ongoing for all the various   
   landing legs (because it has implications for other things).   
      
   Re: schedule - IIRC the goal was originally to use the 2024 Q4 launch   
   window, now it's more like the window after that, IE Q4 2026. With   
   Elon-time and various other factors I personally consider a more   
   realistic expectation that it might launch in the window after that   
   (IE 2028 Q4 to 2029 Q1, it's 2 years and a little extra between each).   
      
   That doesn't mean they shouldn't have the 2026 window as the   
   aspirational goal, if they stop aiming for that too early it's likely   
   to add delays.   
      
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