Elon Musk is not wasting any time, and his plans for humanity are massive. He is aiming to land Starship on Mars in about five years, according to the latest reports.
Elon Musk wants to land Starship on Mars
Elon Musk has been making a lot of headlines lately due to his moves regarding Neuralink, but also SpaceX’s Starship.
The famous SpaceX CEO revealed his huge plans for the Starship rocket to reach Mars within the next five years.
The other day, I reported the fact that Elon Musk is celebrating yet another Starship launch. Humanity gets closer and closer to Mars, according to what he has to say.
Here is the post that Musk shared on his social media account on X below:
Yesterday was one step closer to life on Mars https://t.co/aEqOoSMsUs
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 15, 2024
Here is another exciting video that he shared:
Tower cam in real-time pic.twitter.com/vc74t9MpkI
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 15, 2024
The mainstream media also addressed the matter, and BBC is one of them. They recently posted that US company SpaceX’s Starship rocket made major progress in its third test flight on Thursday, completing many of its objectives. Check out the previous article in order to learn more details about this.
Musk has also recently expressed his confidence in the capabilities of the rocket and he also highlighted the huge potential for crewed Moon missions by 2026.
He shared images of Starship, and he made sure to highlight the role that this has in space exploration.
He also suggested innovative methods for Mars colonization and which includes using reflectors that are made from its moons, Phobos and Deimos, to warm the Martian surface.
According to Weather.com, Starship, which is currently the world’s most powerful rocket, is composed of the Super Heavy booster and a 50-meter upper-stage spacecraft. Elon Musk intends to use this advanced technology to execute lunar and Mars missions, with the ultimate goal of establishing a sustainable human presence on the red planet.
Beyond Mars, Musk is planning the relocation of at least one million people to the planet, stressing the importance of interplanetary civilization.
He advocates for establishing infrastructure on both the Moon and Mars to secure humanity’s long-term survival and enable expansion into space.
Elon Musk has a vision of a future where space travel becomes a normal occurrence, with an emphasis on establishing bases on the moon and cities on Mars.
Overall, Musk’s dream is to take humanity into a new era of interplanetary discovery, where people can have a taste of the enormous cosmos.