Elon Musk says SpaceX plans to launch 5 Starships to Mars in 2 years

UNDATED (WKRC) – Elon Musk posted on his social media account saying SpaceX plans to launch five Starships to Mars in two years.

The founder of SpaceX said the company plans to launch five uncrewed Starships to Mars and if all of them land safely, then crewed missions are possible in four years. Musk also said if the American spacecraft manufacturer does encounter challenges, crewed missions would be postponed another two years.

Musk said it is only possible to travel from Earth to Mars every two years because that’s when the planets are aligned.

“No matter what happens with landing success, SpaceX will increase the number of spaceships traveling to Mars exponentially with every transit opportunity,” said Musk.

The billionaire went on to say he wants everyone to be able to go to Mars and that “there will be thousands of Starships going to Mars.”

Musk revealed that one of his biggest concerns was that “the Starship program is being smothered by a mountain of government bureaucracy that grows every year.”