Elon Musk replies 'no problem' when told it will take 10,000 nukes to terraform Mars

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long believed blasting Mars with nuclear warheads would terraform the planet, but a Russian space official is questioning the billionaire’s ambitious plan. A Twitter user shared Roscosmos executive director Alexander Bloshenko statement that Musk would need 10,000 maximum payload nuclear missiles based on modern-day technology to carry out the proposal. But the billionaire is not one to back down from a challenge and simply replied to the tweet with ‘no problem.’ Scroll down for video A Twitter user shared Roscosmos executive director Alexander Bloshenko statement that Musk would need 10,000 maximum payload nuclear missiles based on modern-day technology to carry out the proposal. ‘For example, for a thermonuclear explosion on Mars’ pole, one of the plans of SpaceX, to have tangible results, more than 10,000 launches of missiles that can carry the largest payloads and are being developed now are needed.’ SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is backing away from his calls to 'Nuke Mars' with a new -- if equally hypothetical -- proposal He continued to explain that humanity does not have the capabilities to alter the climates on Mars or even Venus – another planet scientists speculate could be Earth-like. Along with making the Red Planet inhabitable, Musk has also laid out a strategy to get them there – by building 1,000 Starships and could soon develop a new craft every 72 hours to meet the goal Mars seems to be Musk’s white whale, but he has woefully admitted in the past that the feat may not be accomplished before he dies Musk also noted that each ship would be reusable and have a capacity of more than 90,000 pounds.