https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/i-am-definitely-going-to-be-dead-before-mars-spacex-extract
That's right. Seems 
's current culture war fixations have made him sufficiently less interested in his older bullshit promises.
He will grift on, but seems he's losing interested in the space grift. He's posting cringe Gambo "AI" videos showing Gambo's favorite objectified SV victim and mistreated actress being a DJ at a Gambo-setting dance party instead (not linking that shit, look for it if you dare).
The light of consciousness may not extend to the stars within his lifetime by his own admission, which means if it ever does it won't include his dim smoldering light nor will it be his bigoted and emotionally poisonous consciousness. 
The first rape scene wasn't even in the book, it was originally written as "consensual"
I know.
Age of consent issues aside (which were clearly not sided as much as highlighted for titillation purposes from the author, but I digress), that's part of why I really, really hate the two trust fund failsons that ran that show.