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End of the world warning: Musk readies SpaceX for humans to leave Earth in next 5 years

 End of the world warning: Musk readies SpaceX for humans to leave Earth in next 5 years

SPACEX founder Elon Musk once again reiterated his long term goal of getting humanity off the planet within the next five to 10 years.

By ANTONY ASHKENAZ
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Mr Musk stated that he wanted to make sure humanity is able to leave the planet before “Earth gets too hot for life in about 500 million years". The richest man in the world, with a net worth of upwards of 270 billion dollars, has made it his mission to make humanity a multi-planetary species, through a colony on Mars.

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He believes that SpaceX will be able to send a crewed flight to Mars in 2026.

While speaking on the Lex Friedman Podcast, he remarked that the window is now open for humans to leave the planet

The billionaire found of SpaceX is building the Starship rocket that will be able to take humanity to the Red Planet.

Through the Starship project, he hopes to colonise the hostile Red Planet and construct cities among its craters by 2050.

End of the world warning: Musk readies SpaceX for humans to leave Earth in next 5 years

End of the world warning: Musk readies SpaceX for humans to leave Earth in next 5 years (Image: GETTY )

Starship 20 stands in font of the nearly completed launch tower

Starship 20 stands in font of the nearly completed launch tower (Image: Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto/PA Images)

His project has already seen SpaceX secure a multi-million-dollar contract with Nasa.

Mr Musk’s aerospace company is aiming to launch crewed missions to Mars as early as 2024.

According to SpaceX’s user guide for Starships, to fulfil the company’s ambitions they will need to build up to 100 rockets a year

Each one will be capable of housing 100 crew members and boasting “private cabins, large common areas, centralised storage, solar storm shelters and a viewing gallery”.

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Some facts about SpaceX's starship

Some facts about SpaceX's starship (Image: Express)

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