Elon Musk plans Mars mission: Robot 2026 on an interstellar journey!

Elon Musk plans Mars mission: Robot 2026 on an interstellar journey!

Boca Chica, Texas, USA - Elon Musk, the US billionaire and founder of SpaceX, has ambitious plans for exploring Mars. According to its latest update to X, an unmanned mission could start with a humanoid robot in 2026. This robot, known as "Tesla Optimus", will fly on board the Starship rocket from SpaceX as part of the first Mars mission. Musk said that a successful landing of the robot gives reason to hope that, from 2029, manned missions could follow the red planet, even though he emphasized that the year 2031 was more likely, like t-online.de reported.

The Starship rocket, which is the largest and most powerful of its kind at 123 meters, has already had a number of test flights. However, these were not without problems; In the last test, the top stage of the rocket exploded, which led to SpaceX lost contact with the rocket. Before Musk can continue with his plans for Mars mission, the US flight safety authority FAA must examine the processes of the test flights in order to make future missions more secure. This was also taken up by krone.at

for Musk it is clear: The way to Mars will also lead to the success of this robot mission. The upcoming unmanned missions of the next two years should help to check the reliability of the landings on Mars. Should everything go according to schedule, mankind could enter Mars within the next decade, which would represent a revolutionary development in space travel.