SpaceX founder Elon Musk has outlined his highly ambitious vision for manned missions to Mars, which he said could begin as soon as 2022 – three years sooner than his previous estimates. Elon Musk has ambitious plans for Mars. The first ship to go to Mars, Musk said, would be named Heart of Gold as a tribute to the ship powered by an “infinite improbability drive” from Douglas Adams’ science fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Musk estimated the current cost of sending someone to Mars at 'around $10bn per person'Musk also outlined a system by which fuel could be synthesized on Mars from water and carbon dioxide in order to fuel return journeys to Earth. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Elon Musk estimated the current cost of sending someone to Mars at ‘around $10bn per person’.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2016 21:22 UTC