According to foreign media reports, Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX, known as the Silicon Valley 'iron man', said in an interview with Axios recently that he is considering moving to Mars. What is the matter with musk moving to Mars? Is Mars habitable? This makes many netizens curious. Let's have a look.
'I know exactly what to do, I mean to move to Mars. 'he also hinted that the move could be permanent and admitted:' we think you can come back, but we are not sure. '
Immigrants to Mars are not billionaires' escape pods, he said. 'you are much more likely to die on Mars than on earth. It's very difficult. You have to go through the deep space in a small jar, and you're likely to die. '
Musk said he hoped to realize this wish in his lifetime and said he was not afraid of life and death. He believes that in seven years, there will be flights to Mars, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. If he can successfully land on Mars, musk hopes to build his own base continuously to improve the Martian environment.
According to public information, SpaceX was founded in 2002 and developed partially reusable Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles. SpaceX also developed the Dragon series spacecraft to launch into orbit via Falcon 9.
On February 17, 2018, SpaceX announced the launch of its Internet access satellite to be rescheduled, with the planned launch time changed from 18 to 21 U.S. local time. On February 22, 2018, SpaceX, a space exploration technology company, successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force base, California, and put its two Internet experimental satellites, Microsat 2a and 2B, into orbit. On March 6, a large satellite of hispasat, a Spanish satellite company, was put into orbit. Put the Dragon into orbit on April 3.