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Science Fiction? Experts Say Musk's SpaceX Ambitions May Be Unrealistic
As SpaceX makes its record-breaking public market debut, some experts express doubts it can reach its lofty goals, especially on its planned timeline.
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SpaceX Starship Aces 10th Flight, Takes Major Step Toward Reusability
SpaceX’s Starship rocket has scored a landmark success on its 10th test flight. On Aug. 26, 2025, the 400-foot booster launched flawlessly, completed hot-stage separation, and deployed eight dummy Starlink satellites — its first-ever payload. The upper stage then re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, surviving long enough to reignite an engine and s...
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SpaceX to Fly Italian Science Experiments to Mars on Starship in 2026
SpaceX has signed a landmark agreement with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to deliver Italian science experiments to Mars aboard its Starship rocket. Announced on August 7, 2025, the mission will carry a plant-growth module, a meteorological station, and a radiation detector to collect crucial data during the six-month journey and on the Martian su...
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The Promise And Peril Of A Crewed Mars Mission
Mars mission would pursue scientific objectives like determining whether Mars ever hosted life and charting the evolution of its surface, as well as answering broader questions -- such as the history of the Sun through studying Martian soil.
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Video: SpaceX Starship Crash That Put Elon Musk's 'Mars Dream' On Hold
Starship, the futuristic SpaceX prototype rocket on which billionaire Elon Musk's ambitions for multiplanetary travel are riding, flew farther than the last two attempts but ultimately exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.
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SpaceX Fires Up Starship Upper Stage for Ninth Test Flight in Static Fire Trial
SpaceX ignited all six Raptor engines on Starship’s upper stage in a 60-second static fire at Starbase, moving closer to its ninth test flight. The trial marked the third such test for this vehicle. While past 2025 flights failed mid-air, booster landings were successful. A launch date for Flight 9 has not yet been announced.
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Elon Musk Explains Why He Wants To Colonise Mars: "Life On Earth Will Be Destroyed By..."
In an interview with Fox News, Elon Musk shared that as part of SpaceX's 'Occupy Mars mission', he aims to establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.
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Russia Could Supply Small Nuclear Power Plant For Musk's Mars Mission: Putin Envoy
Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's international cooperation envoy said on Thursday.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Send Elon Musk's Mom" Test For Going To Space
For Neil deGrasse Tyson, an acclaimed astrophysicist, travel to Mars will be deemed safe only after tech billionaire Elon Musk's mother visits the red planet that has been space scientists' obsession for decades.
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Prize-Winning Book Exposes Flaws In Elon Musk's Mars Dream
The book, published in November 2023 and winner of the 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, explores the grim realities of living on Mars.
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Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson Clash Again Over Mars Colonisation: "It Doesn't Happen"
After the video clip of Neil deGrasse Tyson's monologue went viral, the Tesla CEO took to X and issued a response
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"Over $1000 Trillion": Elon Musk Breaks Down Cost Of Building Multiplanetary Life On Mars
"To build a city on Mars that can grow by itself likely requires at least a million tons of equipment, which would therefore require >$1000 trillion," Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
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Elon Musk Reveals "Game Plan" To Send 1 Million People To Mars
Billionaire Elon Musk has once again unveiled his ambitious plans to establish a human settlement on Mars in the near future.
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"One Day, Starship Will Take Us To Mars": Elon Musk After Latest SpaceX Fire Test
SpaceX has conducted a successful static fire test of the engines of its Super Heavy rocket booster. The rockets are part of the company's Starship system designed to carry out space missions, including ferrying humans to Mars and the Moon.
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Bill Gates Takes Dig At Elon Musk, Says He'd Rather Fund Vaccines Than Travel To Mars
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said that he is not interested in travelling to Mars and would rather spend his money helping people on Earth and paying for vaccines.
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Science Fiction? Experts Say Musk's SpaceX Ambitions May Be Unrealistic
As SpaceX makes its record-breaking public market debut, some experts express doubts it can reach its lofty goals, especially on its planned timeline.
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SpaceX Starship Aces 10th Flight, Takes Major Step Toward Reusability
SpaceX’s Starship rocket has scored a landmark success on its 10th test flight. On Aug. 26, 2025, the 400-foot booster launched flawlessly, completed hot-stage separation, and deployed eight dummy Starlink satellites — its first-ever payload. The upper stage then re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, surviving long enough to reignite an engine and s...
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SpaceX to Fly Italian Science Experiments to Mars on Starship in 2026
SpaceX has signed a landmark agreement with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to deliver Italian science experiments to Mars aboard its Starship rocket. Announced on August 7, 2025, the mission will carry a plant-growth module, a meteorological station, and a radiation detector to collect crucial data during the six-month journey and on the Martian su...
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The Promise And Peril Of A Crewed Mars Mission
Mars mission would pursue scientific objectives like determining whether Mars ever hosted life and charting the evolution of its surface, as well as answering broader questions -- such as the history of the Sun through studying Martian soil.
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Video: SpaceX Starship Crash That Put Elon Musk's 'Mars Dream' On Hold
Starship, the futuristic SpaceX prototype rocket on which billionaire Elon Musk's ambitions for multiplanetary travel are riding, flew farther than the last two attempts but ultimately exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.
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SpaceX Fires Up Starship Upper Stage for Ninth Test Flight in Static Fire Trial
SpaceX ignited all six Raptor engines on Starship’s upper stage in a 60-second static fire at Starbase, moving closer to its ninth test flight. The trial marked the third such test for this vehicle. While past 2025 flights failed mid-air, booster landings were successful. A launch date for Flight 9 has not yet been announced.
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Elon Musk Explains Why He Wants To Colonise Mars: "Life On Earth Will Be Destroyed By..."
In an interview with Fox News, Elon Musk shared that as part of SpaceX's 'Occupy Mars mission', he aims to establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.
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Russia Could Supply Small Nuclear Power Plant For Musk's Mars Mission: Putin Envoy
Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's international cooperation envoy said on Thursday.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Send Elon Musk's Mom" Test For Going To Space
For Neil deGrasse Tyson, an acclaimed astrophysicist, travel to Mars will be deemed safe only after tech billionaire Elon Musk's mother visits the red planet that has been space scientists' obsession for decades.
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Prize-Winning Book Exposes Flaws In Elon Musk's Mars Dream
The book, published in November 2023 and winner of the 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, explores the grim realities of living on Mars.
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Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson Clash Again Over Mars Colonisation: "It Doesn't Happen"
After the video clip of Neil deGrasse Tyson's monologue went viral, the Tesla CEO took to X and issued a response
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"Over $1000 Trillion": Elon Musk Breaks Down Cost Of Building Multiplanetary Life On Mars
"To build a city on Mars that can grow by itself likely requires at least a million tons of equipment, which would therefore require >$1000 trillion," Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
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Elon Musk Reveals "Game Plan" To Send 1 Million People To Mars
Billionaire Elon Musk has once again unveiled his ambitious plans to establish a human settlement on Mars in the near future.
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"One Day, Starship Will Take Us To Mars": Elon Musk After Latest SpaceX Fire Test
SpaceX has conducted a successful static fire test of the engines of its Super Heavy rocket booster. The rockets are part of the company's Starship system designed to carry out space missions, including ferrying humans to Mars and the Moon.
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Bill Gates Takes Dig At Elon Musk, Says He'd Rather Fund Vaccines Than Travel To Mars
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said that he is not interested in travelling to Mars and would rather spend his money helping people on Earth and paying for vaccines.
