So, as the old maxim almost goes… why put all our eggs on one planet? The most optimistic time schedules put small-scale Mars colonization between 20. Recent history has taught us that much, with worldwide pandemics and escalating nuclear tensions representing just some of the worst-case scenarios that could wipe us out entirely. The peer-reviewed answer is that climate change isn’t the only extinction-level threat we face as a civilization. Many of us question why we should sink so much of our energy – both effort and resources – into such a task, when there are plenty of more pressing matters to address here on Earth? The biggest challenge to Mars habitation and eventual colonization is humanity itself, and our indecision. NASA’s recently-released Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review is a ‘study of the hardware and operations needed for human missions to the Moon and Mars,’ leading to long-term scientific discovery and human habitation in deep space.īut there’s a long way to go before we get there – and not just the 140 million miles (average distance to Mars). ‘In order to safeguard the existence of humanity,’ he explains, ‘we need to become a multi-planetary civilization.’ Musk says he’s laser-focused on ensuring we make a second home elsewhere in space, and has his sights set on Mars. SpaceX founder and science-fiction fan Elon Musk is attempting to make the fiction of space travel a scientific reality.
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