Musk Ship To Mars
HAWTHORNE-CA-MAY 29: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils the company’s new manned spacecraft, The Dragon V2 (L) designed to carry astronauts into space with the Dragon unmanned spacecraft suspended in air during a news conference on May 29, 2014, in Hawthorne, California. The private spaceflight company has been flying unmanned capsules to the International Space Station delivering cargo for the past two years. The Dragon V2 manned spacecraft will ferry up to seven astronauts to low-Earth orbit. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Elon Musk Wants To Send Ship To Mars By 2024 Elon Musk believes his SpaceX program could send a ship to Mars by the year 2024. Musk’s company recently launched its first successful manned spaceflight, and is working on a new Starship capable of making the Mars trek. His projection is based on the projected ‘window’ for a Mars flight, which ilnes up roughly once every two years based on the positioning of Earth and Mars in the solar system. The next ‘window’ happens in 2022, and again in 2024. Previously, Musk has said he hopes to build a Mars colony one day.
