TSLA - Elon Musk's Plan To Colonize Mars Faces Several Problems Including 'Cosmic Vandalism' Of Life That Already Exists | Benzinga
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp, SpaceX, is building fully reusable launch vehicles capable of carrying humans to Mars, where Musk dreams of building colonies and factories for sustainable life. But scientists say there are several problems with the billionaire's space aspirations.
Life Among The Stars: Musk wants to have a million people living on Mars by 2050. He has said in the past that the red planet is the logical next step if there was a threat to humanity on Earth.
According to a Business Insider report citing multiple scientists, it makes sense to bring humanity to other planets, but Mars may not be such a hot idea.
For one, there isn't enough carbon dioxide available on Mars to make the atmosphere support sustainability through terraforming, the idea that you can modify a planet to make it habitable for humans.
Christopher Edwards, instrument scientist and associate professor of planetary science at Northern Arizona University, said even if we were to develop the technology to terraform on Mars, which currently doesn't exist, there "just isn't enough CO2."
Even if there were ample CO2 molecules, Mars doesn't have the required magnetic core to stop the protective ...