The Interplanetary Transport System: SpaceX’s Plan to Build a Bridge to Mars

With Elon Musk’s bold and defiant claim to colonise Mars, I think it is safe to say that the most common reaction was – Of course he will, in probably 10 lifetimes from now. Skepticism is rife and with just reason. Till now, space travel has been reserved for the high and mighty upper echelons of the worlds most powerful governments – how in the world could the private sector even fathom a feasible solution to make space travel more affordable? Well, looks like he’s onto something and it does not look so impossible after all.