It could be the first step towards Elon Musk's crazy vision: a colony on Mars. The SpaceX CEO has previously said he wants to put the first human on the red planet by 2025.
The brief announcement says the company plans to send the Dragon spacecraft to Mars in 2018.
This news is based on a single tweet from the company, so the evidence is sparse. But it's still an aggressive announcement from an independent company with a proven track record of success (and failure).
Planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018. Red Dragons will inform overall Mars architecture, details to come pic.twitter.com/u4nbVUNCpA
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 27, 2016
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