---
title: "SpaceX Starship “User Guide” Details Private Cabins, Common Areas"
description: "SpaceX has released an early version of a user manual for its Starship, a rocket that's meant to one day ferry up to 100 passengers to the Moon and beyond."
date: "2020-04-01"
modified: "2020-04-01"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starship-user-guide"
categories:
  - "Space"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "Starship"
tags:
  - "mars"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "Starship"
  - "the digest"
---

# SpaceX Starship “User Guide” Details Private Cabins, Common Areas

![SpaceX has released an early version of a user manual for its Starship, a rocket that's meant to one day ferry up to 100 passengers to the Moon and beyond.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/spacex-starship-user-guide.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: SpaceX\</em\>*

## Starship Guide

Elon Musk-led space company SpaceX has released an early version of [a user manual](<https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf>) for its Starship, a massive stainless steel rocket that's meant to one day ferry up to 100 passengers to the Moon and even Mars.

The five-page PDF details some of the ambitious plans the company has for its rocket, including a roomy interior for passengers to enjoy the ride.

"The crew configuration of Starship includes private cabins, large common areas, centralized storage, solar storm shelters and a viewing gallery," it reads.

## Cargo Carrier

The user manual also advertises the rocket's utility for "rapid point-to-point Earth transport." Intercontinental [space-based long distance travel](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-bfr-earth>) aboard a Starship was a key proponent of the company's plans from the very start.

A massive capacity of 100 tons also means that a single Starship could launch three "geosynchronous telecom satellites" in one go — or a full constellation of smaller satellites. It could even repair satellites in space by capturing them, similarly to NASA's retired Space Shuttle.

The manual also mentions the possibility of carrying an "in-space demonstration spacecraft" that would stay attached to the Starship to run experiments before heading back to Earth.

**READ MORE:** [SpaceX’s Starship user guide details how it could replace the Space Shuttle and offer comfy passenger flights](<https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/31/spacexs-starship-user-guide-details-how-it-could-replace-the-space-shuttle-and-offer-comfy-passenger-flights/>) \[*TechCrunch*\]

**More on Starship:** *[Elon Musk Was Pretty Pissed When His Starship Prototype Exploded](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-pissed-starship-prototype-exploded>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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