SpaceX Plans 'Short' Mars Flights As Early As 2019

Elon Musk told an audience at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, TX that he expects to be flying "short" excursions to Mars by next year ... but hedged his remarks saying that the timeline might be "optimistic". Continue reading http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=87e75e47-0a0a-4cb5-9b24-3d2701e92766