Elon Musk should only send one person to Mars to avoid contaminating the red planet, a leading scientist has said.

"Elon is really about to send Starships full of Humanoid Robots to Mars in the 2030s to start building the base isn't he?" asked Aidan Gold, a SpaceX investor. Without denying, Musk said he hopes to send millions of humans to the red planet too. "Hopefully, millions of humans too," he replied.

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SpaceX successfully caught Super Heavy booster post-launch, marking a milestone in its mission to develop fully reusable rockets for lunar and Martian missions.

A top physicist has urged Elon Musk to be more cautious in his attempts to colonise Mars as he risks contaminating the Red Planet.

A scientist has spoken about Elon Musk’s ambitions to colonise Mars – and he had a stark warning for the future of space exploration. It comes after Musk announced that the first SpaceX missions to Mars aboard the next-generation Starship rocket are planned for 2026.