Elon Musk announced the flight of Starship to Mars with a humanoid robot at the end of 2026

The STARSHIP spacecraft with the Aptimus humanoid robot will fly to Mars at the end of 2026, the X founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Ilon Musk, said on the social network.

He noted that if the landing is successful, a person’s landing on Mars may become possible by 2029, although it is more likely that this will happen in 2031.

The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIP), the representative of Putin in economic cooperation, answered the post of Mask, Kirill Dmitriev, who was “decided” by the Kremlin . He suggested the mask to send a joint expedition to Mars in 2029.

Tesla Optimus is a prototype of a robot developed by Tesla. According to the Mask plans, the limited issue of Optimus should begin in 2025. The model is positioned as a homemade robot gumanoid capable of helping in solving routine and dangerous problems. Its expected cost is 30 thousand dollars.

In the fall of 2024, Musk announced the launch of five unmanned Starship spacecraft to Mars in the next two years. The entrepreneur explained this period with the rapprochement (“confrontation”) of the Earth and Mars, which usually occurs slightly less than once every two years. Then he said that if the mission is successful, in four years, manned flights will become possible.