Colonialism 2.0, the extraterrestrial kind
As space colonization gains momentum, the US, with private capital support, leads the charge. Elon Musk recommends direct ...
SpaceX to Launch Starships to Mars by 2026, Paving the Way for Human Exploration
SpaceX is setting its sights on Mars, with ambitious plans to send Starships to the Red Planet by 2026 for landing tests. If ...
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How to watch SpaceX launch its 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 tonight
The Thuraya 4 mission will mark SpaceX's 418th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, and the company's 435th mission overall. SpaceX ...
‘Just a distraction’: Elon Musk aims to skip Moon colonisation for Mars mission, sets eyes on self-sustaining habitat
SpaceX will launch the first Starships to the red planet by 2026 years and the ones with astronauts in by 2028 if the uncrewed landings go well. SpaceX has even proposed a Marslink concept to ...
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
For example, he has rarely criticized NASA or its overall goal to return humans to the Moon through the Artemis Program. Rather, Musk, who has long preferred Mars as a destination for humans, has more ...
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Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?
NASA wants to Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and the ...
Elon Musk Says He'll Go Straight To Mars; Calls Colonisation Of Moon A 'Distraction'
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said that he wants to skip the Moon and go straight to Mars. In a post on X, he emphasised the importance of carrying out higher number of rocket launches to increase payload ...