During a recent interview at the Recode's Code Conference event, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, disclosed that the company is planning for the manned mars mission by 2024. The reports also suggest that the consequent arrival and landing has been scheduled for 2015, according to Elon's statement. The SpaceX CEO further fuelled the mars mission news by saying that he would prefer to spend his last days on the Red planet.

"I think if you're going to choose a place to die, then Mars is probably not a bad choice," said Musk, as reported by Spaceflight Now. Even though SpaceX CEO didn't reveal many details about the mars mission, he did state that the company's priority is to send many people to the Red planet and thus, initiate colonization activity on Mars.

Earlier, in April, ABC News reported SpaceX's plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to Mars by 2018 in order to carry out different landing tests on the Red planet. The reports also suggested that after the successful landing missions, the company will start transporting cargo and eventually people in the near future.

In the recent interview, Elon said that his ambitious plan to send people to Mars is attainable. He also teased that SpaceX's mars mission does not consist of any fake schedule and deadline. Musk explained that the plan might seem vague at first, but it has been designed with realistic goals, reported Washington Times.

With all the discussion about the much-anticipated SpaceX's mars mission, Elon also spoke about the company's short-term goal to land and reuse the Falcon 9 rockets. The 44-year-old CEO said that SpaceX's engineers are trying to do their best to land the company's rockets on the drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean.

Besides, Musk also said that SpaceX is currently working on a new project to re-fly one of the previously landed rocket boosters in few months' time i.e. most probably in July 2016. The Verge reported that the company is planning to clear up the backlog and launch the Falcon 9 rockets as frequently as possible. Elon said that the rocket takeoffs will take place every two to four weeks, after the re-fly mission in July is successful.

There are reports that the detailed outline for the SpaceX's 2024 mars mission will be revealed in September by Elon Musk at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico, where all the major leaders in the space industry would have an annual meeting.