Countdown to SpaceX Mars announcement: LIVE

[Legend]

New official name "Interplanetary Transport System"

Preview of the @SpaceX interplanetary transport system at @IAC2016https://t.co/Rz4XmeAoRw

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 18, 2016

@thescalex @SpaceX @IAC2016 @YouTube its it is

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 18, 2016

[Legend]

New page:
http://www.spacex.com/mars

Title of the stream countdown is pure hype.

[DD_Bwest]

hype!!! so glad we get a live stream! i love how open they are with fans.  we get to see so much!

[DD_Bwest]

tomorrow babies!!!  

[Legend]

tomorrow babies!!!  

24 hours!

(I came here to bump it, but it seems that wasn't needed   )

[Legend]

Elon draws a big crowd #IAC2016 #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/fBLMQGZAK7

— Robert Clark (@rg_clark) September 27, 2016

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

So close

[Legend]

The lines for Elon Musk's talk -- which doesn't even start for 80 min -- are way worse than early airline boarding. #IAC2016 pic.twitter.com/h2vmNfQm7T

— Nadia Drake (@nadiamdrake) September 27, 2016

[Legend]

[Xevross]

Hype

[Legend]

3.6 times the lift off thrust of the Saturn V.

And this thing is less than 10 years away from first launch.

[the-pi-guy]

Hype

HE'S ALIVE!!!
*caresses awkwardly*

[Legend]

42 engines on the first stage.

Only 30 were rumored.

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Nice.

[DD_Bwest]

holy shame that thing is huge...  15m diameter?     and landing the entire bfs!  so much hype!!!!!

and holy shame at that rapid reuse