SpaceX will launch rocket to Mars in 2019

[danDroid]

Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, says the company is planning to launch a spacecraft to Mars and return it to Earth as soon as early 2019. "I can tell you what I know currently is the case is that we are building the first ship, the first Mars interplanetary ship right now," Musk told a crowd during a surprise appearance at the SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas, on Sunday.

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[me just sayin]

I predict it will be 2021 before it goes.

 

[danDroid]

It's something I'm excited to see happen in my lifetime.

 

[Sajo]

I agree, this will be pretty cool to see this happen in my lifetime. I hope they can make it happen.

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[lloydstrans]

I'm thinking he is regretting sending his roadster off into space. Thus begins the recovery effort.

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[me just sayin]

I'm thinking he is regretting sending his roadster off into space. Thus begins the recovery effort.

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wonder if the roadster will appear in star trek???

 

[xeene]

Are people going to be on board? Wonder how many years the trip will take. Any humans going there is will go blind over time.