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The SpaceX CEO received a blow to his plans to send humans to the Red Planet when the Starship SN9 prototype crashed and exploded after its first high-altitude test flight last week. Mr Musk hopes to one day produce 1,000 spaceships to blast off from Earth, each carrying roughly 100 tonnes of equipment, as well as 100 people in the hope of building a permanent settlement on Mars. He previously outlined his plan, which would see a one-million-strong population in space by 2050, but admitted he had concerns over its feasibility during the 2020 Mars
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The tech mogul previously detailed plans to colonise the Red Planet by building a one-million-strong city before 2050, but received a blow to that when the Starship SN9 prototype crashed and exploded after its first high-altitude test flight last week. Mr Musk said he hoped to one day produce 1,000 spaceships over 10 years and launch three a day. The rockets would blast off from Earth, each carrying roughly 100 tonnes of equipment, as well as 100 people in the hope of building a permanent settlement on Mars.