Elon Musk asserts he would be 'surprised' if humans don't reach Mars within five years

Elon Musk, who has a life-long ambition of settling humans on Mars, expects to make it to red planet within next five years. In an interview with Time, Musk said, "I’ll be surprised if we’re not landing on Mars within five years", as per CNBC's report. tech mogul, who manages Tesla and SpaceX among many or key projects, was named Time's 'Person of Year' and has touched multiple subjects during his interview with Time including humanity's future on Mars.

Musk opens up about humanity's future on Mars

" next really big thing is to build a self-sustaining city on Mars and bring animals and creatures of Earth re. Sort of like a futuristic Noah’s ark. We’ll bring more than two, though it’s a little weird if re’s only two", Musk told Time as per CNBC. While he has been a polarising figure lately, Musk and Time both were cornered by ir critics as y were unhappy about new designation given to Musk. With a net worth of $245 billion, Musk has also been called out multiple times for his alleged non-payment of taxes. However, billionaire clarified that making money off Mars is not at all his objective ding that idea to make humans multi-planetary and a spacefaring civilisation is just an 'exciting' idea. To ensure his dreams come true, SpaceX has alrey begun a full-fledged development of Starship, future martian vehicle at its Starbase facility in Texas.

But provided track record of Musk's punctuality, he is not known as someone to deliver on his proposed deline. For instance, in 2016 he h promised launch of fully self-driving Tesla vehicles by 2018 along with one million Tesla “Robotaxis” by 2020, something which still awaits to see light of day. As for SpaceX, it definitely has redefined and maintained sustainability standards, primary reason why NASA awarded a billion-dollar contract to company to carry first humans on Moon under Artemis mission. Meanwhile, conversation around Musk being named 'Person of Year' has prompted some bitter reactions which even me billionaire engage in an ugly Twitter spat with US Senator Elizabeth Warren. Tap here to re more.

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