Bringing people to life long on Mars

SpaceX is a private space transport company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk. The company specializes in the design, construction and commission of a spacecraft into the Earth's low orbit. Currently they are setting a very daring goal to bring people to live on Mars in 2024.

Elon Musk - founder of SpaceX.(Photo: cnbc.com)

Elon Musk said that his company will build "a self-sustaining city" on Mars to cater to the essential needs of life. In an interview with CNBC, he also confidently declared: "I hope the first people will be put on Mars for about 10 or 12 years, I think that definitely happens".

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is a familiar partner specializing in transporting goods for ISS space station. Currently, SpaceX is looking to expand its business into space tourism in the near future. SpaceX There's also a lot of competition from big companies like Boeing or Sierra Nevada Corporation in contracts from NASA, the US space agency.

Last month, the company just introduced the Dragon V2 spacecraft and hopes to win NASA's contract to transport astronauts to work on the space station.

Elon Musk also said, whether or not it won the contract did not affect the development and other projects of the company including the project to bring people to life on Mars.