SpaceX founder Elon Musk has spoken out about the complexity of colonizing Mars.
“It is important to emphasize that Mars, especially in the beginning, will not be an acceptable place for lovers of luxury. “It will be a dangerous, limited, difficult and hard work place,” Musk said in an interview with TED CEO Chris Anderson.
The billionaire compares the demands of life on Mars to an advertisement for those who wanted to go on an Antarctic expedition in the 1900s with researcher Ernest Shackleton. It turned out later that this ad was not really a myth, but called for reunion with men who wanted to go on a dangerous journey, from which it would be “doubtful” to return safely.
“Going to Mars is dangerous and limited. You may not even be able to go back. “It’s difficult, it’s time consuming,” Musk said.
Living on Mars, a planet with an average temperature of -62.22 ° C, will be much more difficult than living in Antarctica, a region with an average temperature of -56.67 ° C.
The rocky, rocky surface of Mars is covered with canyons. In addition, gravity on this planet is about one-third that of Earth. The atmosphere is also thin, which does not allow people to breathe. Without special equipment, due to the low atmospheric pressure of the red planet, a person will die there in a few minutes.
Elon Musk wants to build a full-fledged city on Mars. In 2019, the billionaire estimated that a million tons of cargo would be needed to build a self-sufficient city, and he estimated that this process would cost between $ 100 billion and $ 10 trillion.
As the billionaire told Anderson, he hopes that the people who colonize Mars will seize the opportunity of a “changed society.”
“I think it’s important to extend the life of humanity or consciousness,” Musk said.
According to him, human civilization can be completed by any external cause, such as a giant meteor, a supervolcano, extreme climate change, World War III or any other cause from many others.
According to him, human civilization can be completed by any external cause, such as a giant meteor, a supervolcano, extreme climate change, World War III or any other cause from many others.
The richest man in the world told Anderson that SpaceX sets the price of a ticket to the Mars mission at around $ 100,000.
Musk company SpaceX plans to build a self-sufficient city on Mars in the coming decades. However, Musk also points out that he will have been dead for a long time when his dream takes wings.
By 2020, Musk hoped to build 1,000 Starship rockets in 10 years and to be able to send millions of people to Mars by 2050. He also noted that the first man on Mars could arrive in 2029.
Prepared according to Business Insider.
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