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SpaceX Unveils Prototype of Starship, SpaceX’s Mars-Bound Rocket

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SpaceX has unveiled the first pictures of a rocket called Starship that may one day carry people to the Moon and Mars.
SpaceX currently launches regular supply missions to the astronauts living at the International Space Station, using its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule.
It is now working on a new Dragon crew capsule that could start carrying people to the orbiting outpost
Other Musk ventures include OpenAI, Neuralink and the Boring Co., which focuses on infrastructure and tunnels.