Manned flights to Mars may begin in the next 50 years, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos head Yuri Borisov said on Friday.
"I think that maybe even faster in the next 50 years," Borisov told Russian media, answering the question whether humanity's dream of Mars will come true in the next 100 years.
At this point, appropriate technologies will be accumulated, and new rockets will be created and tested, allowing much faster access to Mars, Borisov said.
Earlier, US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk stated that the first unmanned flight of the Starship spacecraft to Mars was expected in two years, followed by a manned mission another two years later.