“The quickest that we’re getting to Mars is (just) under a year,” Dr Allen told news.com.au. “The longest it’s going to take is just over a year … so we’re talking months and months in space.” As Musk ...

Swinburne Space Technology and Industry Institute co-director Dr Rebecca Allen said four planets have been visible in Australia with the naked eye since January: Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.

“I think it can be done in 20 years,” he predicted. On news.com.au’s podcast, From the Newsroom, we spoke to Dr Rebecca Allen from the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne ...