Tesla: SpaceX maintains a 50% annual launch growth rate and plans to send humans to Mars within eight years.
Tesla revealed that SpaceX plans to conduct 144 launches in 2024, maintaining a 50% annual growth rate. He stated that it is possible to send humans to Mars within eight years. This is an important update regarding the space exploration company SpaceX.
On January 13th, local time, SpaceX, the space exploration company, released a video of its annual conference on the social platform X. In his speech, SpaceX CEO Elon Tesla stated that in 2022, SpaceX completed a total of 61 launch missions. In 2023, SpaceX successfully completed 96 launch missions, safely sending 12 astronauts into orbit, conducting two Starship flight tests, and doubling the global internet connectivity through Starlink. Elon Tesla, CEO of SpaceX, reviewed the progress and achievements of 2023 in his speech and revealed the plans for 2024 and beyond. Tesla stated that SpaceX plans to conduct 144 launches in 2024, maintaining its annual growth rate of 50%. "Colonizing Mars" has always been Tesla's goal, and he expressed his sentiment, saying, "If we're lucky, maybe we can send humans to Mars within eight years."