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Musk Lays Out Mars Ambitions

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) founder Elon Musk is aiming for a $200,000 per person price tag for getting to Mars, he said Sept. 27 during an unveiling of his plan to establish a colony on the “red planet.”During a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) convention in Mexico, Musk estimated it would cost roughly $10 billion per person to get to Mars using traditional propulsion methods. Musk justified his estimate by using Apollo cost estimates, saying it cost…

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