Five years from now, there will be lots of people that could go to planet Mars not just to put a country's flag on its surface but to make it as their dwelling place. That's Elon Musk's ambitious goal and vision that I will discuss in this article.





You might have watched the science fiction movie The Martian starring Matt Damon in 2015. If that's the case, then you're certainly interested to know if people can live on planet Mars.





The National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA already had plans in sending people to planet Mars even before Elon Musk revealed his shocking plans. But it seems that Elon's target date to send people on Mars is too early for this uncertain mission. The former U.S. president Barrack Obama once said in his speech in 2010 that he believes it's between the years 2030 and 2040 that we will be able to send people back and forth to planet Mars.





But, Elon Musk is different. He's confident that in the year 2024, his company SpaceX will be prepared to accommodate 100 people inside its spaceships. This space journey will have a period of 3 to 5 months before lands on Mars.





For those who don't know about Elon Musk, he's one of the wealthiest people in our world so far. According to Forbes, Elon Musk has a net worth of 19.3 billion dollars as of the year 2019. Elon was born in South Africa on the 28th of June 1971. His mother is Maye Haldeman Musk was a Canadian that migrated to South Africa when Elon is just 2 years old. Elon Musk's mother is a dietician and graduated two masters degrees, one is for dietetics, and one is for nutritional science. Elon's father is an electromechanical engineer and pilot in South Africa. As a child, Elon was known to be a bookworm. He is fond of reading books, especially encyclopedias. Because of being introverted and different amongst his peers, Elon was bullied several times.





At an early age of 10, Elon was a self-thought computer programmer. He built his first video game at the age of 12 and sold it at $500. He attended his first two years in college at Queen's University in Ontario--Canada from the year 1989 to 1991 before moving to the University of Pennsylvania.





He graduated with two courses in Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Physics. In 1995, he took his Ph.D. studies that focus on Energy Physics at Stanford University but dropped out after two days to start an Internet business Zip2 with his brother.





They later sold their successful Internet business to Compaq Computer Corporation for 307 million dollars, and that made Elon a millionaire at the age of 28. This achievement enabled Elon to later start other businesses that contributed to his fortune today, and this includes PayPal, Tesla, SolarCity, and SpaceX.





Elon Musk encountered a lot of challenges in his business career. He even experienced near bankruptcy of his two businesses, which are Tesla and SpaceX. Elon's SpaceX rockets failed several times, but this did not stop Elon from persisting in achieving his dreams. For him, every failure is a lesson that makes a person better. Because of his dedication and perseverance, Elon achieved the success that everybody wants but fails to procure.





Elon aims to help build a better future for all of us here on Earth and on the planet Mars, which could secure the survivability of our species.





One of the reasons why Elon Musk established SpaceX, is that he's disappointed in NASA's sluggish move and the lack of interest in the subject of bringing people to the planet Mars. That's why Elon is so determined to build powerful spacecraft to be able to send people on planet Mars and eventually establish a colony.





On the 6th of February 2018. SpaceX achieved its major success when they launch a test flight for their Falcon Heavy rocket. This proves how capable Elon's SpaceX company in building spaceships that could bring people on Mars.





Do you think Elon Musk and SpaceX can bring people to Mars in the year 2025? Write your opinion on the comment below.



