New Delhi: Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday introduced plans to shift one million folks to Mars. “We are mapping out a game plan to get a million people to Mars,” Musk wrote in a publish on X.com. “Civilisation only passes the single-planet Great Filter when Mars can survive even if Earth supply ships stop coming,” he added.

He mentioned this in response to a publish which mentioned “Starship is the largest rocket ever built and it’ll take us to Mars”. “One day, a trip to Mars will be like a flight across the country,” replied Musk, to customers who requested in regards to the launch of Starship to the Red Planet. ((*1*))

Last week, the SpaceX founder mentioned that the “Starship should be able to make it to the moon in less than 5 years”. He famous that the SpaceX Dragon spaceship will take astronauts the furthest they’ve been from Earth in over half a century. Musk added that loads of work shall be required to stay on Mars. (Also Read: Google Takes Action Against Misinformation In Europe; Check Details)

Further, in January, Musk mentioned he hopes that SpaceX will ship people to the Moon inside the subsequent eight years. “What will things be like eight years from now…I think we will have landed on Mars and I think we will have sent people to the Moon,” Musk mentioned.

He additionally goals to construct a base on the Moon. “Humanity should have a moon base, cities on Mars and be out there among the stars,” the X proprietor mentioned. “We should have a base on the moon, like a permanently occupied human base on the moon, and then send people to Mars. Maybe there’s something beyond the space station, but we’ll see,” he had mentioned previously.

Musk additionally hopes that the third Starship flight take a look at this yr will attain orbit and show the spacecraft can reliably deorbit.