A little over a week ago, SpaceX launched its first-ever crewed mission into space, leaving our atmosphere on top of a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket. This mission saw NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley head to the International Space Station (ISS) inside a Crew Dragon capsule.
While this is far from sci-fi, it was still a major step forward as far as human technology is concerned.
So what does the future hold for our species? We fear that’s way too lengthy of a conversation right now – but for the sake of argument, if we do end up colonizing either the moon or Mars (or both) in the far, far future, we’re going to need vehicles to get around, and at one point those vehicles will need to be able to transport large amounts of cargo.
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The thing is, nobody’s flying over any semi trucks to Mars anytime soon, or the moon for that matter. Odds are these vehicles would need to be built (or at least assembled) on-site, which means we’ll need the infrastructure to do that, and that’s… who knows how many decades away.
As for what such a truck could look like, we’re really digging this design by Alex Imnadze Baldini. It’s fan art, obviously, and it’s called the SpaceTruck, featuring SpaceX branding, as well as Tesla logos.
In terms of its appearance, it’s definitely futuristic enough. However, one issue we have is the low ground clearance. You’re not driving over Martian terrain in something that looks like it belongs in the Truck Racing Championship of the future. But maybe a lift system would fix that issue – just throwing that out there; otherwise you’d need paved roads and that’s not happening anytime soon.
What do you think about this so-called hypothetical SpaceTruck? Does it look better than the actual Tesla Semi?
Note: This is an independent illustration and is not endorsed by Tesla in any way. We thank Alex for sharing his work with us!
