There are substantial technical, political, and financial obstacles to starting the colonization of Mars within the next few decades. SpaceX is farther along than most toward this ambitious goal. Are ...

Elon Musk’s ambitious vision for the future of space exploration involves Tesla’s Optimus robots pioneering the construction of a Martian colony by 2026. This bold plan leverages the advanced AI ...

For years, popular culture has treated a human settlement on Mars as an almost inevitable next chapter, a matter of engineering and willpower rather than fundamental limits. Astrophysicist Neil ...

Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not mark the first time the space agency ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Rovers on Mars have made exciting finds and ...