| UPDATED: 16:53, Tue, Dec 15, 2020 Link copied Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. When SpaceX unveiled the Starship concept in 2012, CEO Elon Musk promised to build a rocket capable of ferrying humans to and from Mars. Originally dubbed the Mars Colonial Transporter or MCT, the spacecraft has gone through numerous design and name changes before SpaceX settle on a sleek, stainless steel rocket that might one day carry up to 100 astronauts. Development of the Starship kicked off in earnest in 2018 with the bulk of the work carried out at SpaceX's facilities in Boca Chica, south Texas.