Elon Musk sees 1,000 ships taking passengers to Mars
09-28-2016, 10:18 AM
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Elon Musk sees 1,000 ships taking passengers to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX founder Elon Musk envisions 1,000 passenger ships flying en masse to Mars within a century, "Battlestar Galactica" style.
During a speech Tuesday in Mexico, Musk outlined his plan to establish a city on Mars. He wants to make humans a multi-planetary species, and says the best way to do that is to colonize the red planet. In fact, he's already begun work on the Mars Colonial fleet. He says the system ultimately could take people to the moons of Jupiter and beyond.
Musk says it would be a "super-exciting" adventure but also dangerous, at least initially. His goal is to get the price down so anyone could afford to go, with a ticket costing no more than a house on Earth. He's shooting for 1 million Martians.
(Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
During a speech Tuesday in Mexico, Musk outlined his plan to establish a city on Mars. He wants to make humans a multi-planetary species, and says the best way to do that is to colonize the red planet. In fact, he's already begun work on the Mars Colonial fleet. He says the system ultimately could take people to the moons of Jupiter and beyond.
Musk says it would be a "super-exciting" adventure but also dangerous, at least initially. His goal is to get the price down so anyone could afford to go, with a ticket costing no more than a house on Earth. He's shooting for 1 million Martians.
(Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Pretty cool to think that we will be colonizing another planet within that time frame. Looking forward to the day when mankind is able to step foot on another planet.
09-28-2016, 11:32 AM
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I get chills every time I hear more about this, then revert to hoping we have the needed 100 years before blowing ourselves up.
09-28-2016, 03:09 PM
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The fact that he is helping Israel send a "communication" satellite into space doesn't help. I would think Iran wouldn't like us very much for that.