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The south African born Canadian American business magnate,investor,engineer and inventor Elon Reeve Musk the SpaceX CEO laid out plan to colonize the Mars at the International Astronautical Congress, a meeting of multiple international space exploration associations in Guadalajara, Mexico. SpaceX Company has successfully landed six rockets that completed missions to orbit, and it intends to send one of those "used" rockets back into orbit later this year. Musk has long said he wants to make humans an
"interplanetary species," he addressed many of the technical, safety and cost challenges he'll face.
His goal is to bring the price of a ticket to Mars down to around $200,000 per person -- about the median price of a house in the U.S. Compare that to $10 billion, which is what Musk said it would cost to go to Mars using current technology. He explained that a few crucial technical advancements must be made to make that price point possible, including making rockets that are reliably reusable.
"interplanetary species," he addressed many of the technical, safety and cost challenges he'll face.
His goal is to bring the price of a ticket to Mars down to around $200,000 per person -- about the median price of a house in the U.S. Compare that to $10 billion, which is what Musk said it would cost to go to Mars using current technology. He explained that a few crucial technical advancements must be made to make that price point possible, including making rockets that are reliably reusable.
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