Elon Musk 2024 Mars. Musk has been known to move the goalposts when it comes to spacex's timeline on getting ships to mars. At an average distance of 140 million miles, mars is one of earth's closest habitable neighbors.

Elon musk has set out his latest timeline for getting humans to mars, and experts say it’s a classic spacex move. Elon musk said on x that he envisions starships making uncrewed trips to mars by 2026 before astronauts head to the red planet two years later.