Elon Musk, founder of and driving force behind SpaceX, recently reiterated in public has goal of sending humans to Mars within 20 years, if not sooner.
Musk says astronauts could make the trip in a Dragon capsule. That probably needs more thought. Technically, he may be right, but people living in a capsule for that long? Dragon needs to be the taxi taking the Mars crew to a large interplanetary ship assembled in space-- perhaps using Bigelow inflatable module technology.
My two cents.
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