Ilon Musk suggests humans will settle on Mars within two decades - clarification

After successfully completing a rescue mission of NASA astronauts stranded on the space station on Tuesday, SpaceX CEO Ilon Musk suggested that humans will settle on Mars within the next 20 years, speaking on a podcast with Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

"Mars needs to become self-sufficient and develop autonomously before Earth supplies stop, Musk said in a podcast published Wednesday. "This is a critical civilizational frontier beyond which the projected lifespan of civilization will be much longer. While Musk believes 20 years is a realistic timeframe for a Mars colony to thrive, it would require massive resources, a large population and a habitat capable of supporting life in the thin Martian atmosphere and extreme temperatures. "A few people running around on the surface of a hostile environment is not going to make it self-sustaining, Musk said. "It’s gonna take about a million people and a million tons of supplies. Musk said that creating a self-sustaining colony on Mars is not just about sending people, but also about rebuilding the basic systems that support civilization. On Earth, "we’re at the top of a huge industrial pyramid that starts with the extraction of huge amounts of materials that go through hundreds of processing steps, he said. "We grow food and trees and make things out of them. All of that has to be built on Mars, where it’s a hostile environment. On Friday, Musk said SpaceX plans to launch Starship to Mars in 2026, carrying #Tesla Optimus robots. If the mission is successful, it is expected to send humans to Mars in 2029. SpaceX CEO Ilon Musk has often voiced his desire to establish a colony on Mars, but the question of how to realize it remains open. In addition to the huge technical costs, the settlement of such an outpost after the arrival of humans on the red planet represents another difficulty. One option proposed by Musk, according to a report by The New York Times published Thursday, is to use his sperm to give birth to new Martians. The Times report, based on anonymous sources, said that "Musk volunteered his sperm to help se…

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