Elon Musk spoke about the SpaceX program for Mars colonization

The founder of SpaceX, Ilon Musk, intends to settle a million people on Mars to "save humanity from imminent death." Musk said this at the International Astronomical Congress, the broadcast was carried out on the SpaceX website.

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“We find out how to take you to Mars and build a self-supporting city to become a truly interplanetary look,” Musk said.

The founder of SpaceX explained that the colonization will take 40-100 years, for which 10 thousand flights will be carried out. When using traditional methods, the cost of a flight to Mars will be $ 10 billion per person. Musk said that it was necessary to reduce the cost of the trip so that "as many people as possible wanted to move."

“We should proceed from more realistic figures, for example, taking into account the average cost of a house, which in the United States is $ 200 thousand,” the inventor explained.

Musk explained that the early Mars looked like the Earth, so scientists will be able to grow plants on the planet, squeezing the atmosphere.

A ship model was also presented on the congress. It uses 42 engines, its length is 77.5 meters, diameter is 12 meters. The founder of SpaceX assured that one ship will accommodate 100 people, along with their baggage and consumables.

SpaceX has already successfully experienced an engine for interplanetary travels.

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Each missile will go into space once every 26 months, the first of them will deliver a fuel production plant to Mars, which will expand already on the planet.

The first spacecraft, according to the plans of the inventor, will be built for four years. At the same time, by 2035 to Mars can be reached in 80 days.