Musk: SpaceX will convert carbon dioxide into rocket fuel, and the project has started

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, said he had launched a plan to use carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as rocket fuel.

He tweeted on Dec. 13: "SpaceX is launching a program to separate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into rocket fuel. ”

He noted that the implementation of this plan may benefit flights to Mars. The Martian atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide.

Previously, Musk has repeatedly mentioned plans to colonize Mars and is building a Starship rocket for this purpose.

At the end of November, it was revealed that Musk was angry at SpaceX's lack of progress in developing a Raptor engine to power its Starship rockets.

"The raptor engine production crisis is much more serious than it seemed a few weeks ago," Musk wrote. "If we don't achieve starship flights at least every two weeks next year, we're at real risk of bankruptcy."