>>12664786>Space exploration/colonization achievements we will have reached by 2030I think that there are only two big players in space exploration that are SpaceX and China, the rest will follow the best they can, so here goes my predictions.
SpaceX:
2021: Fully working prototype of Starship and Heavy luncher.
2022: Spacex alone reaches 100km, all year tests with spaceship and super heavy.
2023: SpaceX starts delivering satellites with starship.
2024: Development of lunar starship begins.
2026: starship cleared for human crew.
2028: Lunar version start tests in space.
2029: Starship starts moving materiel for Moon base.
2030: Lunar landing and possible test of starship to Mars.
China:
2021: Begins building Space station.
2022: Long March 9 first flight, Chang6 mission to mars to check for water in possible location of human base.
2023: Chinese Space station completed. First flights of reusable Long March 8.
2024: Fist lunar mission to planned moon base, robot set up site, establishes communication with earth.
2025 to 2028: Build up for lunar mission.
2029: China starts sending cargo to the Moon for moon base.
2030: first manned mission, China establishes a permanent moon base, starts with 3 astronauts and slowly grows. China starts testing in space nuclear rockets. and possibly sends to the moon a mini nuclear reactor to power the base.
Yes, NASA will land in the moon, but they don`t have the muscle without spacex to keep supplying a moonbase, China and Russia also will carry sucessful missions but not human presence.
