Topic: Elon Musk and Mars (Read 257 times)
It's amazing i adore people like him.
This is something I follow closely and I have always wondered how we are going to get to Mars, when we can't even get to the moon. Why is there an ISS, that is degrading on a daily basis when we could have gone to the moon. NASA said that they lost alot of the documentation and technical material from the moon missions, true or not i don't know, but if we can't get to the moon, we are not getting to Mars.
With all his money, he can't go it alone. How many billions, and billions on top of billions has the US and other nations spent just trying to get to the moon. I will not see it in my lifetime, neither will Elon.
Mars looks like an awful place to live in. There's nothing there but an endless reddish dusty wasteland. I doubt many people could face spending the rest of their lives on it. Colonizing mars with a significant population needs a significant number of people to volunteer to go there, and I doubt there will be enough volunteers.
I think there is already many volunteers that are being tested to determine which ones get to go to Mars.
Yes but to make a significant population on mars needs tens of thousands of suitable volunteers and I'd be surprised if that number of people want to spend their entire lives there.
Some might be born there, and if interplanetary travel is improved they might not have to spend their whole lives in Mars. And i would expect the first jobs in Mars to be very well paid. And life on Mars might not be so bad in the future, daily life will be improved over the years to be similar to earth (same TV shows, internet, varieties of food grown on mars).
I believe it is possible. And that we will be an interplanetary species some day and even beyond that. We will find a way.
After all, humanity can't stay in the solar system forever and survive. We live in a global village, but i believe that we will as a race, expand trougthout the galaxy to the point where you would need a 1000 lifetimes to reach the farthest colony from earth.
I believe earth, in the future (when life here is no longer possible), will always be remembered as the mother of humanity and people will wonder about us who lived here on earth. We will find other life forms, i believe, but which ones from earth should we take with us? Is it possible to build a Noah's ark? Will some humans stay in earth (ghost town planet) and the solar system until their end and die along with it?
Will bitcoin or any other decentralized currency be regarded as currency in that world?
I will stop ranting now.
I agree with you that the first jobs on Mars will pay a lot. It is a very niche thing.
Elon is a visionary. I like the Mars idea
Mars looks like an awful place to live in. There's nothing there but an endless reddish dusty wasteland. I doubt many people could face spending the rest of their lives on it. Colonizing mars with a significant population needs a significant number of people to volunteer to go there, and I doubt there will be enough volunteers.
I think there is already many volunteers that are being tested to determine which ones get to go to Mars.
Yes but to make a significant population on mars needs tens of thousands of suitable volunteers and I'd be surprised if that number of people want to spend their entire lives there.
Some might be born there, and if interplanetary travel is improved they might not have to spend their whole lives in Mars. And i would expect the first jobs in Mars to be very well paid. And life on Mars might not be so bad in the future, daily life will be improved over the years to be similar to earth (same TV shows, internet, varieties of food grown on mars).
I believe it is possible. And that we will be an interplanetary species some day and even beyond that. We will find a way.
After all, humanity can't stay in the solar system forever and survive. We live in a global village, but i believe that we will as a race, expand trougthout the galaxy to the point where you would need a 1000 lifetimes to reach the farthest colony from earth.
I believe earth, in the future (when life here is no longer possible), will always be remembered as the mother of humanity and people will wonder about us who lived here on earth. We will find other life forms, i believe, but which ones from earth should we take with us? Is it possible to build a Noah's ark? Will some humans stay in earth (ghost town planet) and the solar system until their end and die along with it?
Will bitcoin or any other decentralized currency be regarded as currency in that world?
I will stop ranting now.
Elon and Mars are very senior when launching to go to planet mark.
I think we can colonize Mars in 50 years
The Elon and Mars marches are very clever tools used to fly to planets. Mars looks like an awful place to live in. There's nothing there but an endless reddish dusty wasteland. I doubt many people could face spending the rest of their lives on it. Colonizing mars with a significant population needs a significant number of people to volunteer to go there, and I doubt there will be enough volunteers.
I think there is already many volunteers that are being tested to determine which ones get to go to Mars.
Yes but to make a significant population on mars needs tens of thousands of suitable volunteers and I'd be surprised if that number of people want to spend their entire lives there.
Elon should have looked even harder on Mars. Perhaps some world researchers have brought human samples sent to Mars as research, but only a few months. We do not know fully what is supporting their lives. Do they really live like the earth (using whatever is on the planet to help manage their needs) and the impact on humans if they live longer. Say for 3 years at least. Mars however is different from the earth. From the structure of air, soil, and water. We know, these three Elements are very supportive of life on earth.
Mars looks like an awful place to live in. There's nothing there but an endless reddish dusty wasteland. I doubt many people could face spending the rest of their lives on it. Colonizing mars with a significant population needs a significant number of people to volunteer to go there, and I doubt there will be enough volunteers.
I think there is already many volunteers that are being tested to determine which ones get to go to Mars.
Mars looks like an awful place to live in. There's nothing there but an endless reddish dusty wasteland. I doubt many people could face spending the rest of their lives on it. Colonizing mars with a significant population needs a significant number of people to volunteer to go there, and I doubt there will be enough volunteers.
Elon has detailed his plan for Mars colonization.
Colonizing and even Terraforming Mars is no longer science fiction.
Do we colonize Antarctica? No, it's too difficult and expensive. Colonizing and even Terraforming Mars is no longer science fiction.
Do we terraform Sahara? No, it's too difficult and expensive.
Mars Colonizing and Terraforming will be much more difficult and expensive than Antarctica or Sahara. So it's a dream at that time. We only can build a few scientific outposts for 1 - 3 trillion dollars.
Your opinion “Curiosity, pushing boundaries, exploring and innovation defines our species” is so true and genuine that I feel like saying “Inquisitiveness to know the unknown and venturing beyond the boundaries has always defined us”. This has yet again been proven by Elon Musk. Whether or not we will be able to colonize and terraform Mars still a question for the future to answer. However, it is still fascinating to think that our fictions are about to be facts in the very near future. This man has encountered too many failures, yet had the indomitable courage to fight against it and win the war. He will always stand as an example and an inspiration to all of us.
Well said!
Elon has secured a place in the history books already. But is he somewhere in the back chapters or is he on front page. If he makes us a multiplanet species it will forever change humanity as we know it and almost every person will know his name for a very very long time!
I think we can colonize Mars in 50 years
It depends what you mean by colonize.
Also, another thing that no one thought about - what if Elon Musk decides to claim Mars for himself? He's the first there, to set a foot there on land, he has the right. What then?
Nah he doesn't have the right! He can't claim it for himself! After Sputnik1 was launched the world knew it needed some international space laws. Over 100 countries have signed the Outer Space Treaty. A main clause in the treaty is non appropriation of space. No one gets to claim anything in outer space as their own. Everything will remain public domain if the treaty is adhered to. The worlds governments would seize his assets, arrest him and take over Space X and all the trips to MARS if he tried to claim it for himself!
What I do think is that we badly need to update "space law" quickly because a few countries are working on Lunar base projects as well as manned missions to Mars.
Nasa's timeline for manned missions to Mars is 2040. Space X timeline is late 2020's, its happening and a lot of us alive right now will be around when it happens.
It is awe inspiring to me, what an incredible time to be a part of!
Your opinion “Curiosity, pushing boundaries, exploring and innovation defines our species” is so true and genuine that I feel like saying “Inquisitiveness to know the unknown and venturing beyond the boundaries has always defined us”. This has yet again been proven by Elon Musk. Whether or not we will be able to colonize and terraform Mars still a question for the future to answer. However, it is still fascinating to think that our fictions are about to be facts in the very near future. This man has encountered too many failures, yet had the indomitable courage to fight against it and win the war. He will always stand as an example and an inspiration to all of us.
Elon Musk will not step foot on Mars. We're not ready yet and the new Columbus is not yet born. We better try to save our own planet first, because it will take much longer before we're able to colonize other planets.
Colonization of Mars in the coming decades is impossible. There are many other defenses on Earth that need to be addressed. And Mars is a challenge for future generations.
I think we can colonize Mars in 50 years
It depends what you mean by colonize.
Also, another thing that no one thought about - what if Elon Musk decides to claim Mars for himself? He's the first there, to set a foot there on land, he has the right. What then?
I think we can colonize Mars in 50 years
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