7 Ways SpaceX Will Get Us To Mars By 2018

4. Tourist Posters

Okay, these might not be actively helping us get to Mars, but it definitely demonstrates that SpaceX are not afraid to lay their balls on the table.

Back in January, NASA released their own series of beautifully vintage space travel posters (that may or may not turn out to be very confusing for future historians), and now SpaceX have come back with their own versions showing what holidays might be like on the red planet.

Whilst it seems like a bit of fun, there is a chance that this could be much more real within many of our lifetimes. If SpaceX are really planning to get moving on their Mars missions in 2018, then by the time 2080 rolls around, a trip to Mars might be a real, if potentially pricey, possibility for not just astronauts, but civilians.