Elon Musk says he is working on a ‘game plan’ to get one million of us to Mars – the world’s richest man previously suggested manned trips to the Red Planet could start in 2029
Elon Musk says he wants to take one million people to Mars, and claims he is working on a “game plan” to achieve just that.
The world’s richest man previously estimated that humans will land on the Red Planet in 2029.
His company SpaceX initially set their target for their first manned tripped to Mars for this year. That, however, was pushed back to 2026, and then Musk suggested 2029 on his social media platform X/Twitter.
Musk hasn’t said much about the plans in recent months, that is until last week when he told followers on X that a “game plan” is in the works.
Replying to a post claiming SpaceX’s Starship will “take us to Mars”, Musk said: “We are mapping out a game plan to get a million people to Mars. Civilisation only passes the single-planet Great Filter when Mars can survive even if Earth supply ships stop coming.”
The Great Filter refers to the idea that a species (humanity in this case) must make it past some form of barrier to survival, i.e climate change or nuclear Armageddon.
Musk previously estimated 2029 will be when we send manned missions to Mars (stock) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Source : https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/elon-musk-game-plan-send-32159864