Starship, carrying Tesla's bot, set for Mars by end-2026, Elon Musk says
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its eighth test at the company's Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Friday that Starship is set
to depart for Mars at the end of next year, carrying the Tesla humanoid bot
Optimus.
Musk suggested in a post on X that human landings could
begin as early as 2029, though 2031 was more likely if the initial landings go
well.
Musk told investors on a conference call in April last year
that he expected Optimus would be able to perform tasks in the
factory by the end of 2024.
In November, Reuters cited sources saying that Musk's dream
of transporting humans to Mars would become a bigger national priority under
U.S. President Donald Trump, signalling big changes for NASA's moon programme
and a boost for SpaceX.
Starship is crucial to SpaceX's future satellite launch
business, a sector it currently dominates with its partially reusable Falcon 9,
as well as Musk's aspirations to colonise Mars.
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