Musk Predicts SpaceX Moon and Mars Crews Within 5-10 Years as AI Satellites Launch in 2027
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Updated · Forbes · Jul 9
Musk Predicts SpaceX Moon and Mars Crews Within 5-10 Years as AI Satellites Launch in 2027
1 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jul 9
Summary
SpaceX could land an astronaut on the Moon in 2-3 years, send humans to Mars within five years and build permanent lunar cities within a decade, Elon Musk said in a radio interview.
Musk said the company aims to scale from early Moon landings to moving tens of thousands of people to a lunar base in 10 years, eventually making Moon and Mars trips available to the public.
He also said SpaceX plans to launch its first AI satellites next year and expand space-based data centers at large scale within two years.
Those timelines extend a pattern of aggressive forecasts: Musk has predicted Mars arrivals within 10 years since 2011, and a 2017 plan to fly private citizens around the Moon by 2018 never happened.
The ambitions also tie into Musk's compensation: SpaceX's S-1 says he would receive 1 billion shares if the company reaches a $7.5 trillion valuation and establishes a Mars colony of at least 1 million people.