Hollywood and Tesla may promote it, but it doesn't mean it will happen soon! Driver less cars advertised by Tesla are great marketing but the acceptance of an automated aircraft is long way off.
I personally would love to see a manned mission to Mars, and although films are made and the chatter incessant, the reality is a little different:
Tom Young, the former director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and former president and chief operating officer of the Martin Marietta Corporation, agreed that NASA does not currently have a clear pathway to Mars. “What we do not have is a plan, strategy, or architecture with sufficient detail that takes us from today to humans on the surface of Mars,” he said.
Space experts warn Congress that NASA?s ?Journey to Mars? is illusory | Ars Technica
Things may be a bit further off than advertised...