Graphic shows how the proposed method of colonising Mars would work.
SPACE
Space X Mars mission proposal
By Ninian Carter
October 26, 2016 - Elon Musk’s SpaceX space transport company is spending millions of dollars to redevelop the tail-down reusability of its Falcon 9 rocket into an ambitious vehicle to settle humans on Mars.
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