A lunar colony would be far preferable to one on Mars. Its foundation is within the ambit of modern technology, and it could be rapidly serviced from Earth. The moon has many valuable resources ...

Keeping a Mars colony going as a useful backup for humanity would be astronomically expensive, and you would need to continue this for thousands of years, just on the off-chance of something truly ...

We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?

President-elect Donald Trump delivers news regarding a new investment.

The "rapid unscheduled disassembly" was likely caused by a propellant leak, Elon Musk said, and was captured on video by ...

SNAPS of Mars in snow are quite rare, given how hard they are to capture. But they give us a glimpse of what a future Mars ...

A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...

He emphasised that the goal is not merely planting flags on Mars but establishing a self-sustaining colony that can thrive independently of Earth. Musk outlined that a key milestone would be ...

Elon Musk had earlier estimated that building a self-sustaining city on Mars would cost over $1,000 trillion -- far exceeding the current US GDP of $29 trillion.

Aiming to establish a human colony on the Red Planet, Musk has often shared ideas about the principles that could guide Martian society. “Uncrewed Starships landing on Mars in ~2 years ...