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Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

Update: 2025-10-06
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US President Donald Trump has pledged to “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars”, China could send its first crewed mission to Mars within a decade, and Elon Musk wants people to actually settle on Mars, transforming the human race into an interplanetary species. 


In a new series of Tech Tonic, the FT’s Peggy Hollinger asks if we’re really about to land, and even live, on the red planet. 


Free to read:


Musk’s mission to Mars


Three days with America’s rocket chasers


Tech Tonic is produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. The senior producer is Edwin Lane. Flo Phillips is the executive producer. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music. Manuela Saragosa is the FT’s acting co-head of audio.


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Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars