Space pioneer to send 80,000 people to Mars in two decades

Agencies : London , Tue Nov 27 2012, 14:47 hrs

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Phase two would require a SpaceX design of a "rapid and reusable" vertical-landing rocket, which would be "the pivotal step to achieving a colony on Mars".

Musk said such a design is underway in his Falcon 9 rocket, currently undergoing testing for vertical take-off and landing.

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