Mars Society
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The Mars Society is a nonprofit organization that advocates for human exploration and colonization of Mars. It was founded by Robert Zubrin in 1998 and its principles are based on Zubrin's Mars Direct
Musk giving details about Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft at the 2006 Mars Society convention
Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah, with a central habitat, rover hangar, dome, greenhouse and an observatory
A challenge in the University Rover Challenge where rovers have to pour fuel into a generator
Mars mission
Elon Musk
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Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and former public official who is the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and briefly became
Mars Society
…public and through lobbying. Many current and former Mars Society members are influential in the wider spaceflight community, such as Buzz Aldrin and Elon Musk. Since its founding, the Mars Society has organized events and research activities. It has hosted its annual International Mars Society Convention and…
Musk in 2025
Musk graduated from Pretoria Boys High School in South Africa.
Musk explaining Starship capabilities to leaders of North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Northern Command, and Air Force Space Command in 2019
50 Starlink satellites shortly before deployment to low Earth orbit, 2019