How long would it take for us to colonize the Red Planet? (Image credit: Janiecbros via Getty Images) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to have a city of a million people on Mars by 2050.

In November, Stephen Hawking warned that humans needed to colonize another planet within 1,000 years. Now, six months later, he’s saying we have to do it within 100 years in order to avoid ...

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The race to populate Mars is on. But before humans can visit the red planet, we need to send out robot scouts to see the lay of the land. The next generation of Martian robotics will use ...

Any colonization of the planet would unfold over decades, he said. Mr. Zubrin added that Mr. Musk is being particularly distracted from his Mars ambitions by his recent work on X.