The Daily Dose

SpaceX is planning to send a Dragon spacecraft — to Mars. It’s possibly the first step in Elon Musk’s wild vision of a colonized Mars. The SpaceX CEO has previously stated he wants to have humans on the red planet by 2025. This news is based on a single tweet, so details are sparse. Still, it’s a neat proclamation from an aggressive, independent agency that has a proven track record of success. Planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018. Red Dragons will inform overall Mars architecture, details to come pic.twitter.com/u4nbVUNCpA — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 27, 2016