Elon Musk: 'It's likely we're living in a simulation and Pong is proof'

SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk has revealed his plans to put humans on Mars, how he feels about Apple's electric car plans and even his views on whether we're living in a simulation. Speaking at the Code conference organised by ReCode, Musk said that "according to the plan, [we] should be able to launch people [to Mars] by 2024, with arrival in 2025". This prediction builds on SpaceX's recent announcement that it hopes to launch its first unmanned missions to Mars in 2018. In doing so, the company will become the first commercial provider to send a spacecraft to the Red Planet. The 44-year-old, when asked if he wanted to travel into space, said he'd probably be going into orbit within four or five years but stressed this is different from going into space itself.