Elon Musk plans for his company SpaceX to launch people toward Mars in 2024, with arrival in 2025. Speaking during Vox Media's Code Conference on Wednesday, Musk said SpaceX should begin launching unmanned supply missions to Mars in 2018. "If things go according to plan, we should be able to launch people [toward Mars] in 2024, with arrival in 2025," Musk told Recode's Kara Swisher. Musk said during Wednesday's conference that any initial Mars missions would use a Dragon V2 rocket, capable of sending seven people into space. The Tesla founder has long said he planned to put a SpaceX rocket on the planet in a bid to establish a human colony.

Source: Huffington Post June 02, 2016 10:18 UTC