There are substantial technical, political, and financial obstacles to starting the colonization of Mars within the next few decades. SpaceX is farther along than most toward this ambitious goal.

Musk’s vision for cities on the moon and Mars is an attempt to make science fiction a reality.

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 – ...

America must create the law that will govern the colonization of space. In his inaugural address, President Donald J. Trump said: The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, ...

In a recent announcement, Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has set a new target for human colonization of Mars by 2030. However, despite the ambitious timeline, experts in the field have expressed ...

Tyrone felt uneasy questioning Professor Flowers. Decades ago, as a student, he had worked in her space-studies group, and the human colonization of Mars had caught his imagination. His mind had ...

In a presentation shared on Thursday, Musk explained opportunities to travel to Mars come about “every two years” - or every 26 months, to be precise – with the billionaire adding that there is ...

Elon Musk hit out at astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson after he mocked the tech billionaire's quest to set up a colony on Mars. Speaking to American talk show host Bill Maher, Tyson criticised Musk's ...

Reader views on the colonisation of Mars, varied as they have been, have missed the most important point of all. Historically, colonisation was driven by a search for opportunities to trade and get ...

The colonisation of Mars has long been a human dream. But as Scott Solomon explains in Becoming Martian, it would be a hellish project ...