According to foreign media reports, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has an ambitious plan to turn humans into a multi-planetary species. He recently stated that the design of the Martian city will use a glass dome.
With the help of the interstellar fleet, Musk hopes to establish a permanent settlement on Mars that can accommodate 1 million people by 2050 . Now, Musk is further enriching his vision.
On Thursday, local time, Musk responded to the question of how to live in the early days of Mars pioneering. He wrote: “In the beginning, we lived under a glass dome. Eventually, Mars will be transformed enough to sustain life, just like on Earth.”
Scientists and science fiction writers have always believed that terraforming Mars allows humans to breathe freely on the surface of Mars. But Musk said that this is still a distant dream, which is far more difficult than the completion of the first Mars base.
Musk later said: “The terraforming of Mars will be very slow, and we will not be able to achieve it in this life. However, we can build a human base on the surface of Mars in our lifetime. At least the future space civilization can discover our remains, and it will also I am deeply impressed by this step taken by mankind.”
The geomorphic transformation of Mars is a huge project. An analysis last year concluded that it may take 3,500 nuclear warheads per day to increase the atmospheric pressure of Mars to a level that humans can breathe. A massive nuclear explosion can melt the ice caps at the poles of Mars, thereby releasing a large amount of carbon dioxide that can bring about the greenhouse effect.
But this plan has a problem, that is, the ensuing radiation will take a long time to be fully suitable for human habitation.
A 2018 study also concluded that there is not enough carbon dioxide on Mars to increase atmospheric pressure, so it is not enough to sustain human life on the surface of Mars. But these restrictions will not prevent Musk from realizing his dream of establishing a permanent settlement on Mars.
Musk has previously stated that each interstellar spacecraft can transport 100 passengers or 100 tons of cargo to Mars. With the help of 1,000 interstellar spacecraft and super-large rockets, it will be able to build “a sustainable Martian city” on the surface of Mars. According to Musk’s calculations, about 100 spacecraft capable of carrying 100 tons of cargo travel between Mars and Earth every two years.
The early Martian settlements may look a bit rough.
Musk said at the “Human Landing on Mars Summit” held online in September, “I don’t think landing on Mars is the most fundamental issue. The most fundamental thing is to establish a base, a self-sufficient city.”
“I want to emphasize that this is a very difficult and dangerous thing,” he added at the time. “Not for the faint-hearted, you are likely to die. This will be a difficult process, but if it succeeds, it will be very honorable.”
This ambition is very close to his marketing strategy.
In March this year, at the “Satellite 2020” summit in Washington, Musk said: “If we don’t speed up, I will definitely die before going to Mars.”
SpaceX, under Musk’s leadership, has made great strides in turning starships from ideas into reality. Some early prototypes of interstellar spacecraft have already flown into the sky, although they can only reach a height of 150 meters above the ground. But in the next few weeks, the prototype interstellar spacecraft will attempt to fly to an altitude of 14 kilometers above the ground.
If everything goes according to Musk’s plan, the first interstellar spacecraft will go to Mars as early as 2024.
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