Whenever there’s an engine available that is basically the space equivalent of a high-bypass turbo fan. Oh, and it’ll have to be powerful enough support single-stage-to-orbit.
In other words: Whenever travel from the surface of the earth and to mars is cheap enough that a couple of hundred middle class people can fund the transit cost. Meaning, not any time soon.
Whenever there’s an engine available that is basically the space equivalent of a high-bypass turbo fan. Oh, and it’ll have to be powerful enough support single-stage-to-orbit.
In other words: Whenever travel from the surface of the earth and to mars is cheap enough that a couple of hundred middle class people can fund the transit cost. Meaning, not any time soon.