Imagine living on Mars 🚀—a bold vision Elon Musk is turning into reality with SpaceX’s plans for a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet. Life on Mars will be unlike anything on Earth, full of challenges and incredible opportunities.
Residents will live in specially designed habitats protecting them from extreme temperatures, radiation, and dust storms 🌌. They’ll rely on advanced life support systems for air, water, and food, using innovations like hydroponics and recycling technologies 🌱💧. Daily life will involve scientific research, exploration, and building infrastructure to expand the colony.
Social life will adapt too, with tight-knit communities, new governance models, and a shared mission of survival and discovery. Musk envisions Mars as a backup for humanity—a place to preserve life and inspire future generations 🌍➡️🔴.
Living on Mars will require resilience, creativity, and cooperation as pioneers create a new home in the stars.
#MarsColony #ElonMusk #SpaceX #LifeOnMars #SpaceExploration #RedPlanet #FutureLiving #SpaceHabitat #MarsMission #Colonization #HumanSettlement #SpaceInnovation #InterplanetaryLife #Astrobiology #SpaceFuture #MarsExploration #NewFrontier #SpacePioneers #Sustainability #SpaceLife
Residents will live in specially designed habitats protecting them from extreme temperatures, radiation, and dust storms 🌌. They’ll rely on advanced life support systems for air, water, and food, using innovations like hydroponics and recycling technologies 🌱💧. Daily life will involve scientific research, exploration, and building infrastructure to expand the colony.
Social life will adapt too, with tight-knit communities, new governance models, and a shared mission of survival and discovery. Musk envisions Mars as a backup for humanity—a place to preserve life and inspire future generations 🌍➡️🔴.
Living on Mars will require resilience, creativity, and cooperation as pioneers create a new home in the stars.
#MarsColony #ElonMusk #SpaceX #LifeOnMars #SpaceExploration #RedPlanet #FutureLiving #SpaceHabitat #MarsMission #Colonization #HumanSettlement #SpaceInnovation #InterplanetaryLife #Astrobiology #SpaceFuture #MarsExploration #NewFrontier #SpacePioneers #Sustainability #SpaceLife
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00:00Elon Musk's vision for life on Mars is easily the most ambitious plan set out by any modern
00:07leader. One million people living and working happily on another planet within the next 50
00:14years. A second home for the human race. It's a crazy idea to think about, and obviously Elon
00:22Musk isn't the first person to have this idea, but he is the only person so far with the money
00:28and the resources and the determination to actually get this thing done. We are in the very early days
00:35right now, but the seeds for life on Mars have already been sown. But what exactly are we going
00:41to do when we get there? And what will living on Mars really look like? Well, we've never done this
00:46before, so no one can really say for sure, but there are some really cool ideas out there and
00:52it's all pretty fun to think about. So that's what we're doing today. Let's talk about life on Mars.
00:58Hey Elonites and Musketeers, welcome to the Tesla space where we share the latest news,
01:03rumors, and insights into all things Tesla, SpaceX, and Elon Musk. So the basic premise for getting
01:09people and stuff to Mars is actually pretty simple. And I say that only because Elon and SpaceX have
01:16already got that mostly figured out. We're using the SpaceX Starship as our mode of transportation
01:21between Earth and Mars. That's the same rocket that just completed a successful takeoff and landing
01:27test. The SN15 prototype that we watched nail the landing is pretty close to what the final
01:33Starship product will actually be. It's just a really big stainless steel rocket ship that can
01:39take off from a planet, fly through space, and come back down again fully intact. And it can do that
01:46over and over again with only a pause to refuel in between flights. No rocket like this has ever been
01:52successfully done before. This is a true game changer. The Starship will act as a ferry between
01:58Earth and Mars. Some will carry people, but even more flights will carry supplies. The Starship can
02:04carry 100 metric tons of cargo on each flight. That's about 50 Tesla Model 3 cars for comparison.
02:11Once every two years when Earth and Mars reach their closest point in space, fleets of Starships will make
02:17the seven month journey between the two planets. The first crossing will be a few ships just to test
02:23the waters. But after a few of these cycles, we'll be sending thousands of ships from Earth to Mars.
02:29We've got a full length video that goes into all the details of the journey between the two planets.
02:33You can check that out for even more details. But today we're going to move right into what it will be
02:38like to actually live on Mars. Obviously, no one thinks that Mars is going to be a nice,
02:44comfortable place to live on day one. But just how rough is it going to be? Well,
02:49the average temperature is around negative 60 degrees Celsius, which is stupid cold even by
02:54Canadian standards. Though in the peak of summer at the equator of the planet, Mars can reach a
03:00maximum temperature of around 20 degrees Celsius, which is pretty nice. I'd say like pretty solid
03:05tanning weather up here in the Great White North. So that's pretty nice, but it doesn't mean you'll be
03:10kicking it on a lounge chair with a nice beverage every day. The atmosphere on Mars is pretty much
03:15non-existent. And what is there is mostly carbon dioxide. The volume of atmospheric gas on Mars is
03:21less than 1% of what we have on Earth. So there's really not much to work with. And in addition to
03:27there being nothing there to breathe, there is also nothing there to protect the surface of Mars from
03:32cosmic radiation. That's bad. You see, as much as the sun sustains our life here on Earth,
03:39that's only because our atmosphere is able to block out all of the bad radiation that would just kill us
03:45if we were exposed to it. Or it might turn us into superheroes. But somebody would have to be willing
03:50to find out. The gravity is also much lighter on Mars. Mars is much smaller than the Earth. So the
03:56gravity is only about one third as strong there. That's actually a really good thing for us because
04:00after seven months of weightless spaceflight, the human body is going to be significantly weakened.
04:06So regaining strength on Mars will be easier than on Earth. Trying to come back home after an extended
04:12stay though, that is going to be very challenging to overcome. Then there are these epic dust storms
04:18that can cover the entire planet in some cases. Dust is going to be a huge issue on Mars. That's what
04:24got Matt Damon into trouble when he was on Mars. He got caught in a dust storm and all his stuff blew over
04:28and he got stranded. Luckily, I'm being told that that was just a movie and didn't actually happen.
04:33It's hard to tell these days which is which. They're just so good at that now. So in real life,
04:38the wind on Mars wouldn't be that big of a deal. Like we said, the atmosphere is so much thinner over
04:43there than it is on Earth. So even in a crazy 100 kilometer high dust storm on Mars, the wind is only
04:50blowing like 60 kilometers an hour. It's the dust that's really going to be the problem. It gets
04:55everywhere. All of our equipment is going to have to be thoroughly sealed against dust getting inside
05:01and ruining everything. Solar panels are going to be a pain in the ass to keep clean. So overall,
05:07the dust storms are going to be bad, but it's not going to be like that scene in Mad Max where
05:11everyone gets wrecked. They'll be pretty tame in comparison. So Mars is definitely not going to be
05:17a safe place. And like Elon has said, people will probably die. Probably not so much in the way that
05:23Pete Davidson's Chad died on SNL, but more like accidents happening to people. The margin for
05:28error with everything on Mars will be so slim. Any little mistakes or equipment failure can cost a
05:34person their life. I saw Elon tell an interviewer on CNN that he would only ever go to Mars personally
05:40if he knew that SpaceX would continue after his death. So even as the boss, Elon isn't super
05:47optimistic about his chances of survival. But is there anything we can do to make Mars a more
05:53hospitable place for human beings to live? Maybe. Hopefully. There are a couple of theories about
05:59terraforming Mars. Elon has an idea in mind that is kind of insane. So let's talk about that.
06:05Nuke Mars. Elon tweeted in August 2019 in support of his idea for terraforming the red planet.
06:12We should just nuke it. I know that's an extreme solution, but there is some science behind it,
06:18though opinions are split. The idea is that if you detonated a bunch of nuclear bombs over top of
06:25the polar regions of Mars, that heat produced could melt the frozen water and release vast amounts of
06:32stored carbon dioxide and water vapor into the Martian atmosphere. In theory, all of this newly
06:38released gas would increase the density of the atmosphere on Mars and possibly start a greenhouse
06:45effect that would begin to warm the planet. That does make sense on a basic scale. It's not totally
06:51insane, but it's hard to be sure whether Elon is serious about this idea. He's probably just having
06:58some fun. There was a proper study released in 2018 in the Journal for Nature Astronomy that concluded
07:04that there just isn't enough carbon dioxide stored on Mars, at least not that we know about,
07:10to actually cause any significant warming of the planet if it were released. Other scientists have
07:16said that even if there was enough gas for this idea to work, the whole thing could actually backfire
07:21and cause a nuclear winter event to happen. If the explosion kicked up enough of the Martian dust,
07:26it could just cover the entire planet and block out the sun for years. Hey, by the way,
07:31did you know that we have our very own Tesla Space newsletter? Yeah, it's great. Link is in the
07:35description to sign up. So we're probably just going to have to deal with Mars being an inhospitable
07:41wasteland for the foreseeable future. And if that's the case, then how do we actually live there?
07:46Best anyone can tell, we either live in domes, in dirt eggs, or underground. So we could all live
07:52under a series of domes on Mars. Just like in that Stephen King book, we could create miniature atmospheres
07:58within each dome village that would allow us to just relax and walk around and do our thing without
08:03the need for spacesuits. Obviously, it wouldn't be one big seamless dome. There'd be no way to get
08:09that transported to Mars. It would have to be modular, like a honeycomb pattern. You could just
08:14stack round sections of dome up in a starship like a can of Pringles. When it gets to Mars, just pop the
08:21top and start building domes. Yo, Elon, get at me for more genius engineering ideas like that one.
08:26I've got tons. They'll work. I promise. Now here's a real life genius idea. Martian buildings
08:31could be 3D printed eggs made from dirt. Seriously, this is a real thing. This company
08:38called AI Space Factory has come up with an automated process that would 3D print an egg-shaped
08:44building using materials harvested on Mars. The idea is to use basalt in combination with
08:51bioplastic to create a durable building material. The basalt fibers would be extracted from Martian
08:58rock and the polylactic acid binding material that would make both workable and solid would
09:03be extracted from plants that could be grown in greenhouses on Mars. The result would be a super
09:09strong, stable, and insulating shell that would be built by a 3D printing robot. Martian conditions
09:16require a structure optimized to handle internal atmospheric pressure and thermal stresses and
09:22AI Space Factory are thinking that an egg shape would be the ideal to meet those needs. Everything
09:28would be built up vertically so there would be no hallways, just multiple levels. Remember
09:33that wind and gravity are significantly less of an issue on Mars, so there's no problem at
09:38all with building upwards. This is definitely the more practical idea than trying to build a humongous
09:44dome with materials that we shipped from Earth like potato chips. It's not the fancy sci-fi
09:48Martian city that we are all probably imagining, but such is life. NASA has already shown their
09:54support for AI Space Factory. They awarded the company a $500,000 prize in their 2015 competition
10:01to find the most promising Martian architecture. Now we know how much Elon Musk loves tunnels,
10:06so if he has his way, then we're sure to see some level of subterranean activity on Mars.
10:12This could be really useful as a transportation network for moving people and supplies around
10:17the colony. Especially if we go with the egg city idea and not the giant dome. Transporting
10:23people and stuff underground would keep them sheltered from dust storms and we could have
10:27a whole network of automated robot vehicles constantly moving under the surface. As for people living
10:34underground permanently, it might sound good in theory, but realistically the idea of living
10:40underground on another planet for years on end. That's enough to make a person go insane and it's
10:46probably not going to be sustainable from a mental health perspective. Powering a Martian colony is
10:51going to be a very tricky situation. The best idea we have so far is solar power, but that comes in with
10:58some extra challenges. The energy available from the sun on Mars is about 40% less than what it gives us on
11:05Earth. So that's a big problem to begin with. And even in the best case scenario, we would need a staggering
11:11amount of solar panels to power any reasonably sized colony on Mars. Then we throw in the extra
11:17complication of dust. If the colony is caught in a dust storm, then that energy from the sun is reduced
11:22even more. Even on days with no storms, dust will still build up on top of the panels regularly and reduce
11:28their effectiveness. So we would need to deal with that either an automated system that would eat up
11:34even more of that precious electricity or by having people do it manually. Clearing dust off solar panels
11:39could become the number one occupation on Mars. We could also extract hydrogen from the frozen waters
11:45on Mars. That's a little more tricky. We're going to need electricity to power the mining operation to
11:49begin with. So it's maybe an energy solution in the long term, but it's not doing us any good in the early
11:55days of life on Mars. So getting enough energy to power our technology will be a struggle.
12:00Or will it? So much of our tech right now is moving towards a lower power consumption model.
12:05It's possible that we can just innovate our way out of this problem within the next few years.
12:10Take the new Apple M1 chip for example. Apple has figured out how to combine the CPU,
12:15GPU, and RAM all into one little chip. And it's crazy powerful. The M1 chip can perform just as well or
12:22better than most desktop PC systems. And it takes minimal energy to operate and requires no cooling
12:29system at all. There's no fan in the current MacBook Air. The M1 is even going into the new iPad Pro
12:35this year. So if we can cram a full size computer from 2019 into a tablet in 2021, then I'm pretty
12:41optimistic that by 2030, we can figure something out for running a Mars colony off of minimal solar power.
12:48Now the next big question is who gets to go? Does this mean that you and I could be living on Mars
12:53someday? Yeah, it's definitely a possibility. The first people to land on Mars are obviously going
12:58to be scientists and engineers. They'll have a lot of very complicated work cut out for them. And Elon
13:03wants to start landing uncrewed starships on Mars by as early as 2024. And they won't just be doing that
13:09for fun. The ships are going to be loaded with supplies that people will need to get started on
13:14building a Mars base. We might even have automated systems that have already gotten started on the
13:20work for them by the time that people do arrive. I think Elon is still optimistic that crewed flights
13:26could reach Mars by 2026. But more realistically, it probably happens around 2030. But nothing wrong
13:33with being hopeful. For the rest of us average folks, there should be opportunities opening up in
13:38the 2040s for mass migration to begin from Earth to Mars. Elon wants to incentivize people to move
13:45planets by offering them good jobs on Mars. Once the really smart people get things set up, then you
13:50won't need to be a genius to be useful on Mars. There should be plenty of opportunities for farmers,
13:56tradespeople, mechanics, YouTubers. Hey, the people are going to want to see some vlogs from Mars. You know,
14:01that's going to be a huge, a huge thing when it happens. Your boy will probably be way too damn old to be
14:07relevant at that point, but I can hope. Maybe a Mars family vlog or something? There are going to be
14:12a couple of opportunities over the next few decades where Earth and Mars will come even closer together
14:18than normal. It would cut the trip down from 7 months to 5 months, and people are eyeing these
14:23windows as opportunities for a great crossing where huge groups of people could all migrate at one time.
14:31The big one is probably going to fall in the year 2051. By that time, SpaceX should have
14:37built thousands of starship vehicles. Maybe they've even invented something way better by that point.
14:42Who knows? And there should be a legit city on Mars ready for us to live in. So 30 years from now could
14:48be the time when tens of thousands of people all pack up and leave Earth to go live on Mars. Probably
14:55forever. I imagine you don't factor in a return ticket to that kind of trip. And at the same time,
15:01there would be people born on Mars that have never seen Earth, which is a crazy thing to think about.
15:07I don't know if they could even come to Earth. A person born on Mars would be so much weaker,
15:12the Earth's gravity might crush their feeble Martian body. Which is sad as hell, but it's so crazy to
15:18think about all of this stuff. So let's end the video here because we can go off on all kinds of
15:23different topics and daydream about Mars. But let us know about your theories for life on Mars in the
15:28the comments below. I'm curious to see what you all come up with. Tell me how wrong I am about
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