Even though the long-running space shuttle program is winding down this year, space exploration isn’t. And now sites are set even further than the moon or even the International Space Station.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, recently told the Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray that his company will send humans into space within the next three years and to Mars within 10 to 20 years. He also told Murray he even envisions a future with a self-sustaining colony on the red planet.