Elon Musk’s Plan to Send a Million Colonists to Mars by 2050 Is Pure Delusion
Artist’s conception of a Martian colony, with SpaceX Starship rockets in the background. Image: SpaceXIn a recent interview, Elon Musk repeated his stated goal of wanting to transport one million people to Mars by 2050. The SpaceX founder says the future of humanity is at stake, which, okay, but the timeline he offers is ludicrous, and here’s why.Before we plunge into this, I need to make it crystal clear that many of the challenges addressed in this article are not insurmountable. Technological feasibility is not my…