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Elon Musk made a last minute appearance at this year's SXSW. During his talk, he spoke on his goal of reaching Mars by 2022 and said he could be making flights as early as next year,
"We are building the first ship, the first interplanetary ship right now, and I think we will be able to do short flights, short sort of up and down flights, probably sometime in the first half of next year."