Elon Musk says he wants to send one million people to Mars by the year 2050. The SpaceX CEO has become famous for making huge promises about colonizing the red planet. But how many of those ideas are ...

Last week I asked what you thought about Elon Musk's pivot away from Mars to concentrate more on establishibng a city on the moon. I had to chuckle when I read the results. More than 60% of readers ...

Elon Musk has announced a major shift in SpaceX’s spaceflight ambitions. The billionaire says the company is now prioritizing building a self-sustaining human settlement on the Moon, moving away from ...

Elon Musk has announced a significant pivot in SpaceX’s ambitions. The billionaire says the company is now prioritizing building a self-sustaining human settlement on the Moon, moving away from its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember in Despicable Me, when Gru wanted to steal the moon? Well, that’s pretty much where we’re at now with Elon Musk. After ...

Elon Musk has repeatedly emphasized that no matter how financially successful SpaceX may be, the company will have failed in his eyes if the primary objective – the colonization of Mars – is not ...

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX (which is currently one of the most valuable private companies in the world), he did so with the dream of setting up colonies on Mars. A lofty goal, mostly because we've ...

A lunar base might be feasible; a Mars city is another matter. However, the pressing task is terrestrial: keep Earth ...

For Mars advocates, however, Musk’s turn is a bitter pill to swallow. There have long been many dreamers who spoke of settling Mars, but only Musk actually built the hardware and financial war chest ...