Speaking at a conference in the US, Elon Musk said, "It's a very risky and difficult task and the risk of death is very high," he said for the first people to go to Mars.
Elon Musk, who attended the 'South by South West (SXSW)' conference in the US state of Texas, answered questions about the Mars project.
"I think we can make up and down short flights in the first half of next year," Musk said, signaling that short test flights could be made to Mars next year.
Speaking that SpaceX will be the red planet cargo in 2022, Musk said that this is the first step for the human race to colonize on Mars.