Mars ahoy

How SpaceX's Starship will take us to Mars and back

Elon Musk's behemoth rocket could help humans become a space-faring species

by JoAnna Wendel
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Elon Musk has a big plan: to send humans to Mars by the 2030s.

He's going to do that with SpaceX’s Starship rocket.

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