Elon Musk talked about putting humans on Mars in 2011, netizens ask for an update – The Indian Express

Elon Musk, who is often in the news for his tweets and bold business moves, has again made headlines. This time for something the Tesla CEO said nearly a decade ago.

On Tuesday, a Twitter user who goes by the handle @steinkobbe shared a tweet that linked to an interview that Elon Musk gave in December 2011. In the interview, the Tesla CEO had claimed that SpaceX, his spacecraft engineering company, will be able to send humans to Mars in 10 years.

The video interview was taken by journalist Alan Murray for theWall Street Journal. While talking about SpaceX, Murray asked Musk, When are you going to put your first man or woman on other planets?. To this Musk said, We are going all the way to Mars. Best case in 10 years, worse case 10 to 15 years.

Almost a decade later, this interview is going viral. Commenting on the video, a YouTube user wrote, 10 years have passed, hows that going Elon?.

Talking about Musks ambitious time estimate, a Twitter user wrote, I guess thats just billionaires version of engineers this feature will take me 3-4 days to implement.

On social media, many people criticised Musk and other billionaires like Jeff Bezos for spending millions of dollars on space exploration projects when that money can be used to solve real-world problems. However, some defended Musk and appreciated the groundbreaking results that SpaceX has achieved in recent years.

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Elon Musk talked about putting humans on Mars in 2011, netizens ask for an update - The Indian Express