November 20, 2024 3:42 AM | 2 min read President-elect Donald Trump attended . The rocket, designed to transport astronauts to the moon and Mars, saw its first-stage booster detach from the second stage, propelling the craft into space. Why It Matters: Musk has previously outlined a timeline for sending SpaceX’s Starship to Mars within the next two years, during an interview at the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Saudi Arabia. However, he warned that regulatory challenges could delay these plans. The next Mars launch window aligns with their timeline for uncrewed Starship missions to the Red Planet. If these missions succeed without issues, human missions could follow two years later. Earlier, Musk earlier hinted at plans to deploy tunneling equipment from The Boring Company to help his dream of enabling a human settlement on Mars. He envisions humans living in an interconnected web of tunnels on Mars owing to the dust storms on the surface. Check out more of Benzinga’s Future Of Mobility coverage by following this link. Read Next: