Musk says a self-sufficient Mars colony could be built by 2050

Famous technology entrepreneur and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has recently doubled down on his calls for establishing human presence on other planets.

According to the British "Independent" report, Musk expressed his views on this issue in a video link on a Russian forum. He said that the next logical step for human development in space is to establish A permanent lunar base and a Martian city.

The tech tycoon speculated that a potential Mars landing could occur in the 2020s, and a self-sufficient colony could be established there by 2050, the newspaper added.

As for how people might endure the less hospitable conditions on the Red Planet, Musk pointed to terraforming, which, he admitted, "will be too slow to be relevant in our lifetimes."

"However, we could establish a human base there in our lifetime," he said.

"At least future space-faring civilizations - who discover our ruins - will be impressed that humans have made it this far."

The tech tycoon also talked about turning humans into The prospect of reaching beyond Mars, and the tools that might help humans do it.

Musk said: "Before we transcend the solar system, we need to be able to transcend the moon and Mars, and we can do that with an antimatter-powered spacecraft. This is a critical next step in achieving interstellar civilization."< /p>

Antimatter is crucial to reaching beyond the solar system.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the next key step for humanity towards an "interstellar civilization" is to create antimatter-powered spacecraft that can at least Flying beyond the moon and Mars.

At the science clinic "New Knowledge" hosted by Russia, Musk said via video conference: "Before we can transcend the solar system, we need to be able to transcend the moon and Mars. This is a spacecraft that we can drive with antimatter. It’s a critical next step in achieving interstellar civilization.”

The American billionaire pointed out that history shows the rise and fall of civilizations, and argued that in order for our civilization not to decline, we must do so. Need to go multi-planetary and bid for antimatter to achieve this.

Antimatter is made up of so-called antiparticles, which produce energy when they collide with particles of ordinary matter, scientists say.

In a tweet in March, Musk acknowledged the possibility of using this energy to power rockets.