Musk said SpaceX plans to launch five uncrewed Starship rockets to Mars in 2026, followed by the first manned missions either two or four years later.
Astrophysicist and science writer Adam Becker discusses why the dream of life on Mars may be out of reach, maybe for centuries to come.
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Elon Musk’s Mars illusion

A look at the science behind Elon Musk's goal of a million-person city on Mars, and why planetary scientists say terraforming the planet to make it habitable would take centuries, if it's possible at ...
When it comes to a timeline for putting humans on Mars, SpaceX SPCX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman have ...
The talk was bold for a couple of reasons. First, the plan itself is ambitious — Musk hopes to fly 1 million people to the red planet as a sort of “backup drive” for Earth at cost of $100,000 to ...
SpaceX postponed its attempt to launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever made, in another hitch in Elon Musk's plan to get to Mars. The launch was hit by technical issues that led the company to ...
The SpaceX board will grant Elon Musk 1 billion SpaceX shares if he can get a colony of 1 million humans on Mars.Kevin Carter/Getty Images An astrophysicist is giving Elon Musk's dream of life on Mars ...