Watch this awesome tracking shot showing a SpaceX rocket returning home Later, during the company’s Q4 2024 earnings calls, Musk shed more light on production plans, adding that the product has a revenue potential higher than $10 trillion. He also mentioned plans to manufacture thousands of humanoid robots in 2025. “Will those several thousand Optimus robots be doing useful things by the end of the year? Yes, I’m confident they will do useful things,” Musk said. The Tesla and SpaceX chief has previously given an estimate worth $20,000-30,000 as the asking price of Optimus. As far as plans of sending Optimus to Mars are concerned, they are more likely a technical showcase. Whether Starship is able to perform a successful uncrewed mission to Mars by the end of 2026 is the bigger picture. NASA has its hopes pinned on the Starship for its Artemis missions, which are supposed to put man back on the Moon by 2027. The longer-term plans also include crewed missions to Mars, but they would hinge on the technical success of its Moon missions.