'We Need The Horse First:' SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Tells How Important Starship Is To Build Self-Sustaining Mars City In 20 Years

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'We Need The Horse First:' SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Tells How Important Starship Is To Build Self-Sustaining Mars City In 20 Years

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is optimistic that it can build a self-sustaining human settlement on Mars in about 20 years. What Happened: The two-stage launch vehicle Starship is at the core of Musk’s dreams to expand human life to Mars. However, Mars is a “fixer-upper” planet and will require a lot of work, investment, and infrastructure, he said in a talk at Starbase on Saturday. At Starbase, @ElonMusk provided an update on the company's plans to se…