Mumbai, October 6: SpaceX founder, CTO and CEO Elon Musk claims he could land a spaceship on Mars within the next three to four years. According to recent reports, SpaceX's CEO claimed the 74th International Astronomical Congress was held in Baku, Azerbaijan on October 5, 2023. According to the reports, Elon Musk made the claim of landing on the Mars during a videoconference of the event. 

As per the original report of The New York Times, Elon Musk made the claim to Clay Mowry, the president of the International Federation, during a one-hour Q & A session. As per the reports, SpaceX has a strong record of impressive achievements in space programs and spaceflights, such as routine landings, booster stages reuse of Falcon 9 rockets, and more. Do Aliens Exist? Here's What Elon Musk Said on Extraterrestrial Life.

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According to Wikipedia, Elon Musk started his first privately funded rocket to reach orbit in 2008. It was a liquid-fueled rocket, Flacon 1 Flight 4, and later, in 2009, Later SpaceX focused on putting liquid-fueled rockets in orbit, such as Falcon 1 Flight 5 and RazakSAT. SpaceX and Musk have achieved various successful rocket launches with payload to orbit and the International Space Station. Elon Musk started planning to get to Mars in 2016 with a big rocket that he claimed would take up to $10 billion to develop. The tech billionaire also claimed that the "uncrew" or unmanned landing will occur in 2022, and the people would be able to take off to Mars by 2024. Apple Vision Pro Headset To Support Screen Mirroring Via AirPlay or FaceTime in Vision OS 1.0 Beta 4 Release: Report.

According to The New York Times, Elon Musk says, "We're going to need something quite large to do that,". He further says that the city on Mars could be self-sufficient in the next 40 years to a century. Mars has been the goal of Elon Musk for a long, and he has also spoken about the interplanetary transport system, sending people for "multi-planetary species" and "Mars Colonial Transporter".  

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