Hi everyone, have you ever heard about Elon Musk or SpaceX Mars program? He is one of the brightest minds of the 21st century. Read and discover more about him.
SpaceX Mars
program is a project initiated by Elon Musk and SpaceX to facilitate the
eventual colonization of Mars. SpaceX's goal is to land the first humans on
Mars by 2024, but in October 2020 Elon Musk named 2024 as goal for an uncrewed
mission. He said that he is highly confident that the first crewed flights to
Mars will happen in 2026. A key element of the program will certainly be the
SpaceX Starship which, after landing on Mars, the spacecraft would be loaded
with locally-produced propellants to return to Earth. N.A.S.A. is also doing
several tests to see if a person could stay on a bed for 70 days, exactly Mars
‘trip duration.
Elon Musk
is one of the brightest minds of the 21st century and his business projects
demonstrate his vision for the future. Already at a young age Elon was
interested in technology, at 10, he developed his first program and at 12, he
sold his first videogame. In 1989, he arrived in Canada and began to study at
Queen University, then completed his studies in the United States and graduated
in Physics and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
It was not
a new project; it has existed since 2001, when Musk conceptualized "Mars
Oasis", a project to land a miniature experimental greenhouse containing
seeds on Mars to grow plants on Martian soil. In 2007, Elon Musk stated a
personal goal of eventually enabling human exploration and settlement of Mars
and only in 2014; he started thinking about Mars Colonization. The extensive
development and manufacture of much of the space transport technology has been
through 2016, and SpaceX funded it. Actually, Musk’s goals are to make Mars a self-sufficient
colony, and then he will invite on “his” planet actors, companies, or
governments to facilitate the growth of
the human presence on Mars over many decades.
Elon Musk
chose to go to Mars because he wants to save humanity, from a possible
cataclysm, asteroid or killer robots. He also explained his plan, which
consists in surviving on Mars, making an artificial atmosphere with Earth’s
pressure and oxygen, and then he will use that to generate lakes, rivers and
oceans. The price of a ticket to Mars will cost hundreds of thousands of
dollars, with no guarantee of return or even survival during the trip or on the
planet, but Musk is sure that it will be a huge investment for human beings’ safety in the future.
By the way,
going to Mars is not the only Musk’s extraordinary project. Discover what else
he invented or worked on in Edoardo’s post here on Let’s Blog! (CLICK
HERE)
Francesco P., 4sc
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