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Musk has made statements on several occasions about aspirational dates for Starship's earliest possible Mars landing, [31] including in 2022, that a crewed mission to Mars could take place no earlier than 2029. [32] SpaceX's early missions to Mars are to involve small fleets of Starship spacecraft, funded by public–private partnerships. [33]
Elon Musk has announced that the first SpaceX missions to Mars aboard the next-generation Starship rocket are planned for 2026.. The SpaceX boss said the launch date is scheduled for when the next ...
Elon Musk set out SpaceX's timeline for getting humanity to Mars this week. He said SpaceX plans to send five Starship rockets to Mars in 2026, with crewed missions following two to four years later.
Musk, known for providing changing timelines on Starship's readiness, said earlier this year that the first uncrewed starship to land on Mars would be within five years, with the first people ...
Elon Musk stated in April 2023 that SpaceX expected to spend about $2 billion on Starship development in 2023. [264] [265] In a 2024 response to a lawsuit, SpaceX stated that the cost of the Starship program was approximately $4 million per day. [266]: 25–26 Adding that any day of delay to the Starship program represented a loss of $100,000.
NASA plans for Starship to put its first astronauts on the moon in 2027. Musk said on X in September that Starship could fly its first crewed flights to Mars in four years.
In early 2001, Elon Musk met Robert Zubrin and donated $100,000 to his Mars Society, joining its board of directors for a short time. [13]: 30–31 He gave a plenary talk at their fourth convention where he announced Mars Oasis, a project to land a greenhouse and grow plants on Mars.
The daring booster catch maneuver is a critical capability in Musk's goal of developing a completely reusable vehicle and rocket for upcoming missions to the moon and Mars. "Starship 8 flies ...