Elon Musk: we must colonise Mars to preserve our species in a third world war.
Humans must prioritise the colonisation of Mars so the species can be conserved in the event of a third world war, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said on Sunday.
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SpaceX is working on a vehicle that will take humans to Mars, a 100-metre ship codenamed the BFR (Big Fucking Rocket).
The BFR will fly for the first time in the first half of 2019, Musk said, acknowledging that his “timelines historically have been optimistic”.
“I wouldn’t let my friends invest because I didn’t want them to lose their money,” he said of SpaceX.
However, even coming up with the safety parameters would present all sorts of insidious and unexpected risks, Musk said. »