Either SpaceX's board members are just as delulu, or they're confident this goal is unachievable so they won't have to dole out the pay package.

The pay package, which received approval in January, would grant Musk a whopping 200 million super-voting restricted shares of stock – as long as the colony is permanent, has at least one million

SpaceX reportedly has a huge share package waiting for Elon Musk. Getting it would require establishing a Mars colony bigger than Jacksonville, Florida.

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX (which is currently one of the most valuable private companies in the world), he did so with the dream of setting up colonies on Mars. A lofty goal, mostly because we've really only sent rovers to take pictures of mars.

Explore Mars colonization plans and current Mars missions, highlighting how global space agencies and private companies are preparing for future human settlements on the Red Planet. Pixabay, Vlad_Aivazovsky Mars colonization has shifted from science ...

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