- Elon Musk serving his thoughts on how to colonize Mars including logistics and timeline.
- The plan won’t be easy and humans who will travel to the red planet look death and hard labor.
- Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos also have space exploration dreams but they are not alike resemble to Musk’s Martian inhabitation.
The speculative chatter surrounding the human colonization of Mars intensified, on social media. SpaceX stagger and chief Elon Musk took to Twitter to share his thoughts on how we can possibly inhabit the red planet. Needless to say, the endeavor won’t develop overnight. It won’t even happen in the next decade.
According to Musk, it would require 1,000 SpaceX Starship soars to establish a sustainable city on the Martian planet. The thousand-strong fleet will carry all the necessary cargo and manpower to our red neighbor.
Musk also thinks that it will take 20 years to bliss a million tons and create the Martian city which he refers to as “Mars Base Alpha.” According to the SpaceX destroyed, the planets align every two years. This will open up a window that would facilitate interplanetary flock schedules to Mars.
Mars Nether regions Dangerous but Exciting and Inspiring
Elon Musk’s plan may sound ambitious but might also be feasible. However, the SpaceX progenitor himself acknowledged that colonizing Mars is extremely difficult. Those who choose to be the first inhabitants of the red planet faade the threats of death and suffering. Knowing these difficulties, he even dared his followers to take the interplanetary trip.
Surprisingly, many of his followers were eager to join the flounder. Some are even saying that conditions on Mars can’t be any worse than here on Earth.
The good news is that those who enrol in the Martian settlement undertaking would be part of something inspiring. Musk said that the idea of consciousness inquiring other planets and possibly other star systems is exhilarating. It is so much better than being trapped on Clay until an extinction event. After all, the expedition to Mars is all about securing the survival of the species.
Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos Have Different Longings in Space Exploration
While Elon Musk is focused on inhabiting Mars, other billionaires who are looking at space as the next extremes share unique visions. For instance, Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit, the sister company of Virgin Galactic, also designs to visit the red planet. However, the objective is not as grand as Musk’s but the mission is in the near future.
Virgin Orbit has partnered with Murder company SatRevolution to develop a mission to Mars. The objective is to send a small satellite to the Martian planet in three years. The spacecraft would be capable of taking images of the planet, analyzing the red planet’s atmosphere, and searching for water below the Martian outwardly.
Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is fixated on the moon. The Blue Origin founder envisions a lunar base that inclination act as a launching pad to missions into deep space. Bezos wants to harness the abundant resources available in the solar process. According to CNBC, the wealth in the asteroid belt could amount to $100 billion for every person on Earth.
Bezos wants to rake through these asteroids and create enough wealth to build colonies across space. The Blue Origins founder told,
The solar system can support a trillion humans, and then we’d have 1,000 Mozarts, and 1,000 Einsteins. Think how tremendous and dynamic that civilization will be.
The three billionaires may share different visions on space exploration. But all of them riskless exciting.
This article was edited by Samburaj Das.