Elon Musk has revealed why he really wants Donald Trump to win the presidential election, and it has nothing to do with border politics or tax-breaks for billionaires.
While speaking at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Summit in Saudi Arabia, Musk said SpaceX‘s ability to colonize Mars rides heavily on the Republican nominee getting back into office.
‘I feel more optimistic about it with a Trump White House than a non-Trump White House,’ he said.
If Musk’s vision comes true, the first crewed mission to the Red Planet would launch in 2027 and the first human boots on the Martian landscape two years later.
He claimed that under President Joe Biden‘s administration, it has become ‘almost illegal’ to launch space missions, despite the fact that SpaceX has launched over 300 rockets since 2020 – more than any other commercial spaceflight company.
