SpaceX Mars mission 2018?

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Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning a mission to the red planet by 2018 - more than a decade before NASA. Can they do it? Subscribe to CNBC International: http://bit.ly/1eiWsDq Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/cnbcinternational Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/CNBCi

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WRONG!!! the falcon 9 heavy is not the most powerfull rocket ever made, thats still the saturn 5. and dragon cant take any astronauts to mars, it will go there mainly just for testing. the vehical taking people to mars will be a rocket twice as big as the falcon9 heavy. and the mars decent vehical wasnt even shown on paper yet. how can cnbc get it so wrong, who is responsible for this? they should get their research right. hiw amberacing for such a large news organication.
They didn't propose to send humans to mars in 2018. They proposed a unmanned landing of their dragon 2 capsule. SpaceX are targeting to send humans to mars in 2025.
Dragons will stay on mars aš a.backup payload.. They will send 3 dragons, and then the will launch 100 people with orbit refueling rocket ;-)
What a load of shite
Epic. This is the kind of news that makes joy and hope dwell in your tears as you realize that we are not destined for a future of nightmares but are an intelligent people who are capable of manifesting a better future. I love this spacex story!
do they have a revolutionary new radiation shield?
Eilon most es el puto amo!!!!!!!
A couple of quibbles... 1. The Falcon Heavy will not be the "most powerful rocket ever produced" (that would be the Saturn-V), but it will be the most powerful rocket currently flying, at roughly twice the payload capacity of the Delta-IV Heavy; 2. NASA is not planning a manned mission to Mars until after 2030, but they are sending another Curiosity-style rover in 2020, with several other missions planned after that.