The head of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk (Elon Musk; pictured) during a session of Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) gave comments about his colonization plan of Mars.
Recall that the ambitious initiative for a settlement on the red planet, Mr. Musk told in September — we talked about this in detail. Briefly recall what we are talking about creating the Mars of this metropolis, able to support life.
Spaceship to fly to Mars first will be able to accommodate 100 people. As the fuel used is methane. Moreover, its production is planned to be arranged directly on the red planet, which will significantly simplify and cheapen the process of colonization.
As it is now, said Mr. Musk, in the construction of the colony will participate in the special robots. They will help in the formation of tight tunnels to provide communications and industrial needs of the future settlement.
In addition, the head of Tesla and SpaceX explained how it is planned to organize on Mars to produce fuel for spacecraft. At first, using the Dragon spacecraft will be exploration with the goal of establishing “the best way of producing water.” Further unmanned ships Heart of Gold takes on the Red planet modules and equipment to create fuel-producing installation. The first settlers-the engineers will then be able to collect this alien plant.
