The general director of the American aerospace company SpaceX Elon Musk believes that the goal announced by NASA to make a man-made landing on the moon in 2024 is quite feasible. At the same time, he admitted that the dates he named are usually optimistic.

In 2019, the Donald Trump administration challenged NASA to land the first crewed Artemis spacecraft by 2024. Most experts considered this goal overly ambitious, and it is now unclear whether these deadlines will last under the Joe Biden administration.

However, Elon Musk expressed the opinion that this goal is indeed achievable if using SpaceX’s Starship space transport system. Recall that the company Elon Musk NASA recently selected as a contractor for the development of the lunar lander of the Artemis program for landing astronauts on the moon.

“I think it will happen. I believe that 2024 seems quite likely ”, Musk said Friday at a press conference following the successful launch of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission, which brought four astronauts to the International Space Station. The CEO of SpaceX has pledged that the company will strive to stay ahead of the curve. He also expressed the opinion that the reusable Starship system will be able to deliver astronauts into space on a regular basis by 2023.