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Mars: Our Second Home?
Humans are explorers, our insatiable determination to go further has lead to some of our greatest advances in science and technology. We have spread to every corner of our planet, now the time to spread out into the galaxy has come - almost.
Professor Tamara Davis meets the Australian scientists solving some of the many challenges of colonising the red planet. From mitigating the effects of microgravity on the body and growing nutritious food in space, to autonomous robots working together to map and search for survivors. The barriers are many but it’s a journey that will eclipse all other journeys. could Mars be our second home?
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Elon Musk Reveals Ambitious Plans To Get Humans To Mars Seven Years Ahead Of NASA
Elon Musk revealed an ambitious plan to get humans on Mars by 2026, which is 7 years before NASA aims to land astronauts on the Red planet.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on February 1 revealed an ambitious plan to get humans on Mars by 2026, which is seven years before US space agency NASA aims to land astronauts on the Red planet. While speaking on the audio-only social media app Clubhouse, Musk said that his goal was to establish a self-sustaining Martian civilisation. For the first time, he mentioned a time-line and said that he will get humans on the Red Planet in “five and a half years”.
»Elon Musk Shares Plan of Getting Humans to Mars By 2026. That s 7 Years Ahead of NASA
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Elon Musk Shares Plan of Getting Humans to Mars By 2026. That s 7 Years Ahead of NASA
File photo of Elon Musk. Credits: AFP.
When asked if he would allow his children to go to Mars on a future rocket trip he said if we re talking about the third or fourth set of landings on Mars I d be ok with that, adding that so far none of them are jumping to go to Mars .
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Elon Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla boss, appeared on the exclusive audio-only Clubhouse app Sunday night, joining