Elon Musk stated his preference for direct democracy on Mars and indicated uncrewed Starships could land on Mars in approximately two years, with crewed missions potentially following in four years.

SpaceX was created with the aim of making space travel cheaper and achieving Elon Musk's long-held dream of colonising Mars.

On Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through ...