Will we ever get a human on Mars? If you ask Elon Musk, he’ll say yes. The head of Tesla and SpaceX announced an ambitious plan to colonize the red planet this past week, with a trip to Mars costing around $200,000. Musk wasn’t the only one talking about traveling to Mars as the BOEING corporation also announced a similar desire. On top of all that, a bill was introduced that would require NASA to put a man on Mars within 25 years. Here’s everything you need to know about the new space race, and whether any of these plans are actually viable.
There may be a human on Mars sooner than we think
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