Elon Musk wants to get humans to Mars by 2024

We always knew Elon Musk was an ambitious guy, but now he's taken it up a notch.

At the International Aeronautical Conference in Adelaide, Australia on Friday, Musk presented his goal to get to Mars by 2022 — before preparing for a human crew in 2024.

"That's not a typo. But it is aspirational," Musk said, upon revealing his plans. 

How Musk plans to do it is by not only via reusable rockets, which is the core of SpaceX's model, but also focusing the company's efforts on developing an even bigger, fully reusable vehicle. 

That vehicle has been codenamed "BFR" (for Big F*cking Rocket) and is slated to replace the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Dragon.  Read more...