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It is because it will be extremely expensive to do this. Plus there are a ton of issues to be worked out before this is possible. Here is just a small list: -
by kilroy123 9y ago
It is because it will be extremely expensive to do this. Plus there are a ton of issues to be worked out before this is possible.
Here is just a small list:
- What food will people eat on Mars?
- What space suits will they all use?
- Who will train all the astronauts to go there?
- Who will build the habitats?
- Who is building the equipment to make fuel on mars? How much will this cost?
This is far from a fully researched plan. Look, I really hope it happens and I'm seriously rooting for SpaceX, but there is much more to figure out and plan to make this a reality.
- nwah1 9y agoThey already designed the space suits. https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/23/16188658/elon-musk-reveals-first-official-photo-spacex-spacesuit https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/23/16188658/elon-musk-reveal...
- kilroy123 9y ago> the SpaceX suits are meant to be worn by astronauts when riding inside the company’s Dragon Capsule That is not a Mars rated space suit for living and working on Mars. Not even NASA has one ready yet. (They are working on it though)
- Malice 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_for_Mars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_for_Mars
- Hextinium 9y agoMusks idea for this is "build it and they will come" that being said all he has to do is create a market and someone else will fill the void of who will make the spacesuits and grow the food and do all the things that will make a colony. That being said you would have to bootstrap something to get to that point but step one we have to get to Mars before we can even think about those things. That is what musk is trying to do even though it is nearsighted if you think about the long term.