‘I’m definitely going to be dead before we go to Mars’ expressed Elon Musk: SpaceX vision, challenges and costs of Mars colonisation

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, founded in 2002, has completed over 370 missions, but the vision of a Mars settlement faces numerous hurdles. A ticket to Mars could cost up to $600,000 by 2023, with the settlement itself potentially running into billions. Musk’s optimistic timeline of 2050 remains idealistic due to financial and logistical challenges.