When it comes to the next big thing in space expedition, it is of course the Solar System that all of us think about, but it is almost certain that all eyes are now glued to just one target, manned missions to Mars. SpaceX, which is already planning to colonize Mars by setting up a 1-million people colony, has another rival stepping up the plate to race up to the surface of Mars, and that's none other than Boeing.

Dennis Muilenburg, President and CEO of Boeing, has claimed at a tech summit in Chicago, on Tuesday, that his company has it all what it takes to compete with its rivals when it comes to carrying humans to Mars.

"I'm convinced the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive there riding a Boeing rocket," Muilenburg said, according to Bloomberg's report.

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