SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday downplayed expectations for the upcoming demonstration flight of the company’s giant Falcon Heavy rocket, saying there was a “good chance” the vehicle would not make it to orbit in its first launch. “I would even consider that a win, to be honest.”Musk also teased a part of his updated Mars plans, which he first unveiled last year, involving launching spaceships to travel en masse to the Red Planet. Musk’s latest tunnel-digging exploits outside SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne could eventually play a role in the company’s plans for the Red Planet. Closer to home, Musk gave some more details about the company’s latest attempts to reuse space hardware. samantha.masunaga@latimes.comTwitter: @smasunagaALSOA new generation of giant rockets is about to blast offElon Musk said Tesla could build Australia a power storage system in 100 days.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 19, 2017 21:10 UTC