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 we’re going to have babies on Mars. I think we had assumed the 50 years of research we had gotten from astronauts in the space stations orbiting Earth had told us everything we needed to know about how humans respond in gravity regimes unlike Earth’s, and how humans respond to space radiation. Mars' thin atmosphere means humans would have scant protection from space radiation, biologist Kelly Weinersmith said.

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Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think
6 days, 5 hours ago

Human settlement of Mars isn’t as far off as you might think

Raw Story  

Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? But based on technology that’s ready to go, it would take astronauts six months to travel to Mars and six months back to Earth. This makes it easier to travel to the planet and live on the surface because it’s not necessary to bring these commodities …

‘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, …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Elon Musk Wants to Send Humans to Mars by 2026. We May Not Survive the Journey
3 years, 10 months ago

Elon Musk Wants to Send Humans to Mars by 2026. We May Not Survive the Journey

News 18  

In space, nobody can hear you scream — but you may not be in a Sandra-Bullock scenario, nor may you be in an Aliens scenario. Even though you’re not standing on the surface, the brain wants you to have one,” Chuck Oman, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had told Air & Space Magazine in 2009. Some of …

Elon Musk Shares Plan of Getting Humans to Mars By 2026. That's 7 Years Ahead of NASA
3 years, 10 months ago

Elon Musk Shares Plan of Getting Humans to Mars By 2026. That's 7 Years Ahead of NASA

News 18  

Elon Musk has mentioned his plans of taking humans to Mars for a while – and he finally has a timeline for it. Elon Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla boss, appeared on the exclusive audio-only Clubhouse app Sunday night, joining The Good Time Show to talk all things Mars, memes and monkeys playing video-games in their heads. The strange thing …

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