Astrophysicist mocks Elon Musk's Mars colonisation plan in viral rant: 'People will die'
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Astrophysicist mocks Elon Musk's Mars colonisation plan in viral rant: 'People will die'

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk hit out at astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson after he mocked the tech billionaire's quest to set up a colony on Mars. Speaking to American talk show host Bill Maher, Tyson criticised Musk's Mars travel plans and said that his idea would never find any investors. Musk's space company SpaceX's Mars program aims to establish a self-sustained large scale settlement on Mars to secure the long-term survival of humans in case Earth becomes unfit for human life. Tyson replied by poking holes in Musk's plans to establish a Mars colony adding that no one would be willing to invest in a project that offers no returns.

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‘Wow, they really don’t get it’: Elon Musk responds to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson mocking Mars colonisation plan
4 weeks, 1 day ago

‘Wow, they really don’t get it’: Elon Musk responds to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson mocking Mars colonisation plan

Live Mint  

Elon Musk, the Tesla chief and SpaceX founder responded to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's mockery of his ambitions to colonise Mars. In an interview with American talk show host Bill Maher, the astrophysicist disapproved of Elon Musk's Mars travel plans and claimed that his idea would never find any investors. Defending his plans to set up a colony on Mars, …

Elon Musk has pledged to settle Mars. This book offers a reality check
1 month ago

Elon Musk has pledged to settle Mars. This book offers a reality check

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Leaving a 2 warmer Earth for Mars would be like leaving a messy room so you can live in a toxic waste dump,” they wrote in the book’s introduction. Maybe in our lifetime, we’ll see people land on Mars, do some exploration and come home, that could happen, but I don’t think …

Elon Musk has pledged to settle Mars. This book offers a reality check
1 month ago

Elon Musk has pledged to settle Mars. This book offers a reality check

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Leaving a 2 warmer Earth for Mars would be like leaving a messy room so you can live in a toxic waste dump,” they wrote in the book’s introduction. Maybe in our lifetime, we’ll see people land on Mars, do some exploration and come home, that could happen, but I don’t think …

Elon Musk: rocket man takes aim at Washington
1 month, 1 week ago

Elon Musk: rocket man takes aim at Washington

Raw Story  

Billionaire Elon Musk took a wild gamble backing Donald Trump's White House candidacy, but the bet has paid off -- at least for now -- with the US president-elect handing him an outsized role to overhaul the government. Musk said before the election that a new "Department of Government Efficiency" would slash $2 trillion from the federal budget -- a …

Elon Musk's Vision of Mars Colonization: A Political Underpin?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk's Vision of Mars Colonization: A Political Underpin?

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk expresses his belief that the world's richest man's increasing focus on reaching Mars is a sign of his political activism. The SpaceX CEO believes that the future of humanity could be saved through space exploration and believes that Mars could be a key stepping stone to achieving this goal.

Column: Elon Musk’s dumbest idea is to send human colonists to Mars
2 months, 1 week ago

Column: Elon Musk’s dumbest idea is to send human colonists to Mars

LA Times  

The image of Elon Musk that may be dominating people’s mindspace at the moment is of his prancing about joyously — and, yes, a tad weirdly — behind Donald Trump on the podium during the latter’s Oct. 5 rally in Butler, Pa. For visible under his jacket was a T-shirt bearing the legend, “Occupy Mars.” That’s a pointer to one …

Elon Musk says he is an alien: ‘I keep saying it but no one believes me’
7 months ago

Elon Musk says he is an alien: ‘I keep saying it but no one believes me’

Hindustan Times  

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk joked about being an alien during a recent appearance at the Viva Tech event in Paris. Yeah, I keep saying I'm an alien, but nobody believes me.” Elon Musk addresses participants via videoconference during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris. …

Elon Musk left speechless when someone pointed out glaring flaw in his plan to colonise Mars
1 year ago

Elon Musk left speechless when someone pointed out glaring flaw in his plan to colonise Mars

Firstpost  

Rarely will we see Elon Musk rendered speechless and it takes one genius to achieve this herculean feat. In one such incident, Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis exposed a fundamental flaw in Musk’s plan to colonise Mars, leaving him flummoxed If one were to look into the history of OpenAI and AI in general how some of its biggest co-founders …

Elon Musk hosted meetings about colonising Mars at SpaceX, imagined how a colony there should be governed
1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk hosted meetings about colonising Mars at SpaceX, imagined how a colony there should be governed

India Today  

Elon Musk has often talked about going to Mars as he wants human beings to be a multi-planetary species. Walter Isaacson, the writer of Musk’s biography, has mentioned in the book that Musk used to host special meetings at SpaceX initially that were dedicated to colonising the planet. Elon Musk on colonising Mars Isaacson revealed that when SpaceX was launched …

Elon Musk tells US not to worry about his alien friends, hopes one day we will be aliens visiting other worlds
1 year, 10 months ago

Elon Musk tells US not to worry about his alien friends, hopes one day we will be aliens visiting other worlds

India Today  

From the last couple of days, reports about unidentified objects being shot down in the American as well as Canadian airspace have been making headlines. However, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk says that nobody needs to worry about his ‘alien friends’. Musk on his 'alien friends' In a tweet, Musk told the United States and Canada to ‘not worry’ as the …

Elon Musk has a plan ‘so that civilisation is not wiped out’
2 years, 4 months ago

Elon Musk has a plan ‘so that civilisation is not wiped out’

Live Mint  

SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to colonise Mars, and there is at least one valid reason behind it. Basically, the world’s richest man spoke about possibilities like natural disasters or anything that may destroy humans on Earth. Because Mars' atmosphere mostly consists of CO2, with traces of nitrogen, argon, and other trace components, one may grow plants there by simply …

Elon Musk is confident that 'humanity will reach Mars in our lifetime' but Twitter is NOT!
2 years, 5 months ago

Elon Musk is confident that 'humanity will reach Mars in our lifetime' but Twitter is NOT!

India TV News  

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is optimistic and has expressed confidence that "humanity will reach Mars in your lifetime". Another said, "its like going to the northpole but with no oxygen, and no one likes going to the northpole, so why would anyone would want to go to mars?" Last month, the tech billionaire said that his space venture SpaceX aims …

Elon Musk promises humans will travel to Mars in 5 years
2 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk promises humans will travel to Mars in 5 years

India Today  

It is no secret that Elon Musk wants humanity to reach Mars. In a recent interview, Musk was asked the question yet again - “When do you think SpaceX will land a human being on Mars?” To this, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO replied that in the best possible scenario, SpaceX could put a man on Mars within the next …

Not a Mars person like Elon Musk, would rather spend money on vaccines, says Bill Gates
3 years, 10 months ago

Not a Mars person like Elon Musk, would rather spend money on vaccines, says Bill Gates

India Today  

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in a podcast interview has said that he is not a Mars person and would rather spend his money on vaccines and directly address “humanity’s greatest challenges”. Gate’s comment on not being a Mars person stands in contrast with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk who has plans to colonise Mars. "I'm not going to pay …

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