Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Launch Rocket To Mars In 2019

NEW YORK (CBSNEWS) – Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, says the company is planning to launch a spacecraft to Mars and return it to Earth as soon as early 2019. “I can tell you what I know currently is the case is that we are building the first ship, the first Mars interplanetary ship right now,” Musk told a crowd during a surprise appearance at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, on Sunday.
“And I think we’ll be able to do short flights, sort of up-and-down