SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long promised to make humanity interplanetary by establishing a permanent outpost on Mars. With the help of his space company's gigantic Starship rocket, the mercurial entrepreneur wants to ensure the "long-term survival of consciousness" by taking humans to the Red Planet.

Elon Musk recently addressed criticism from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson regarding his ambitious plans for Mars colonization. Using his platform, X (formerly Twitter), the Tesla and SpaceX CEO defended his vision of establishing a self-sustaining settlement on Mars,

Elon Musk has outlined ambitious plans for SpaceX's Starship, aiming to significantly reduce travel time to Mars. Traditionally, missions to the Red Planet have taken between six to nine months, but Musk asserts that with the right technology,