Share the news of November 18 with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > < p > < p > to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < p > < p > on Wednesday, local time, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, said that SpaceX "is expected to conduct the first orbital flight test of the starship in January next year, and the specific time depends on the progress of system test and regulatory approval p> < p > musk said at a meeting of the space research committee of the National Academy on Wednesday, "we will conduct a series of tests in December and are expected to launch in January." < / P > < p > the starship is a new generation of rocket launch system being developed by SpaceX, which is used to transport goods and astronauts to deep space destinations such as the lunar sphere and Mars. The company is testing a prototype starship at a facility in southern Texas and has conducted several short-range test flights p> < p > the goal of SpaceX is to make the Starship system fully reusable. Both the spacecraft itself and the rocket booster can land after launch and be used for re flight. At present, part of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket can be reused. The company can successfully recover and re launch the first stage booster of the rocket, but it has not realized the reuse of the upper stage of the rocket p> < p > the next important step in SpaceX's development of interstellar spacecraft is orbital flight. First, this requires a launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is expected to complete a key environmental impact assessment by the end of this year p> < p > musk admitted that he was not sure whether the Starship could successfully enter orbit at one time. But he stressed that "confidence" will enable the Starship to enter space in 2022 p> < p > musk said, "we plan to conduct high-frequency flights next year." he revealed that SpaceX plans to conduct 12 flight test flights to starships next year to complete all "test projects". Musk said that the Starship will be launched routinely in 2023, sending a "real payload" into space p> < p > musk stressed that the construction of large-scale production lines for starships is crucial to the long-term goal of this plan. He pointed out that at present, the "biggest bottleneck" in rocket manufacturing is the speed at which the company produces Raptor rocket engines p> < p > musk said, "I think we may need 1000 spaceships or something like that in order to turn humans into multi planetary species." "SpaceX's primary goal is to promote space technology so that humans can become multi planetary species and finally establish space civilization." < / P > < p > although SpaceX has signed a $2.9 billion contract with NASA, Develop a "starship" lunar module to send astronauts to the lunar surface, but musk said the company "will not introduce any international cooperation" or other external funds for this project p> < p > he said: "so far, at least 90% of the funds for starships come from within the company." it is reported that SpaceX has raised billions of dollars in the past few years to fund starships and "star chain" Satellite Internet projects. The company's valuation has recently reached 100 billion US dollars p> < p > musk also mentioned the future of mankind and the search for aliens at the conference. He said, "there are either many aliens or no aliens. These answers make people think and fear." (Chenchen) < / P > < p >