This SpaceX graphic depicts the mission profile for the company's Interplanetary Transport System, a colony ship to fly 100 people to Mars at a time. (Image credit: SpaceX) "We need the spaceship ...

SpaceX has successfully tested a prototype of the gigantic fuel tank the company is developing for its planned Mars spaceship, company representatives said. SpaceX towed the full-size carbon-fiber ...

A Mars colony could also become a profitable concern through: ... Starship, currently being developed at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, could be like the sailing ship, ...

If you've imagined the good ship Heart of Gold soaring through space in real life, it might not be just a fantasy for much longer. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk might be naming a spacecraft for the famous ...

Permanent Mars colony is 'long way down the road,' NASA says By Mike Wall Space.com Published March 25, 2016 8:22am EDT | Updated April 28, 2016 6:56pm EDT ...

In a real Mars colony, the housing needs to be dense because everything needs to be inside a bubble. On a cruise ship, the housing needs to be dense because they are trying to fit as many ...

Musk has talked about a Mars colony for years. SpaceX has spent billions of dollars over its roughly 22-year history acquiring the technology and know-how to make it happen.

Mars colony could 3D-print stuff from Red Planet dust. ... the Red Planet to print the tools and housing they need to survive without having to lug all the supplies aboard their spaceship.

And, just like sailors, Mars explorers are still expected to abide by those rules even when they’re off the ship. [Related: Inside NASA’s plan to use Martian dirt to build houses on Mars ] ...

One of the plotlines for season 4 of the hit TV series “For All Mankind” is an attempt to use a Mars colony as a base to mine the asteroids of the main belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

A Mars colony is a pressing matter, in Mr Musk's eyes, if we are to ensure the survival of the human race. "I think it’s unlikely that we’ll never have a world war again," he said.

You begin by choosing a corporate sponsor for your colony mission. In the opening moments of Surviving Mars, you pick from a list of sponsors: the corporation or country that will fund your colony ...