When will humans land on Mars? Elon Musk tells us what the situation looks like.
Ever since Elon Musk created SpaceX, the company’s overarching goal has been to create hardware that would allow the first manned mission to Mars to happen in our lifetime. Not surprisingly, everyone is still wondering when that will happen.
Just some time ago SpaceX celebrated its twentieth anniversary. I have to admit that certainly at the very beginning no one expected such a spectacular success. One man with a vision was able to create a company that in just twenty years has not only grown enough to compete with entities that have been playing in the space market for decades, but also completely revolutionize this sector and become one of its main players.
When the first Falcon prototypes took off, experts wondered if the company would succeed in creating rockets that would actually carry regular payloads into orbit. It did, and SpaceX was able to put the first reusable rocket into service. Falcon 9 currently lifts an average of one payload per week at a price many times lower than two decades ago.
Now we are on the threshold of another breakthrough. Theoretically ready for testing already, Starship — a massive rocket that together with its first segment reaches an altitude of more than 120 meters — is likely to go into orbit soon. In the coming years…
