GUADALAJARA, Mexico—It takes an audacious visionary to set out to colonize Mars—a planet no person has ever set foot on—in a venture to make humans a multi-planetary species. But that’s the goal Elon Musk has always had for SpaceX, the upstart space company that has pulled off a series of unlikely triumphs since he founded it 14 years ago.
On Tuesday, SpaceX published a video showing its new Mars rocket and spacecraft that are designed to send the first humans to Mars.
Elon Musk is scheduled to discuss his plan at 2:30 p.m. at the International Astronautical Congress here titled “Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species.” .... https://www.washingtonpost.com
