The billionaire also pointed out that SpaceX's reusable starship will be the key to turn his plan into reality. He said that humans can fly by rocket in two years.
Although Musk foresaw that the sun would burn the earth to ashes, the scientific research of Warwick University shows that the sun will not come to an end for at least 6 billion years.
For many years, Musk has been bent on conquering Mars, and he has never been shy about revealing his plans. The key to turning this dream into reality is SpaceX's large starship rocket, which has been tested and built at the company's Bokachica base in Texas.
Musk said, I think we will be able to launch a starship sometime around August next year. The spacecraft will operate in automatic mode without being operated. I think it is safe for people after two years, and it will be safe after three years.
Swisher asked Musk if he planned to travel by rocket, but Musk said he hadn't thought about it for the time being, but he didn't rule out the idea. Musk has previously said that SpaceX needs to produce 1, starship rockets in nine years to send 1 million people to Mars. He told Swisher that he thought his company was achieving this goal.
Musk said: "We can reduce the cost of going to space, which saves taxpayers a lot of money. We are studying the reusable rocket propulsion launch technology. Reusability is very important for entering space, and the idea of making rockets consumable is really crazy. You built an incredible machine, but it fell into the ocean and left debris on the seabed. This is crazy. "
At present, there are many players in space games, including Jeff Bezos, who has a blue origin. This company and Space X are competing to let their aircraft carry the first woman and another man to the moon and become the first company to send tourists into space.
However, in fact, both Musk and Bezos are focusing on the long-term survival of human beings, although they have different ideas on how to ensure human survival compared with ordinary people. Musk takes moving to different planets as his top priority, while Bezos, the owner of the origin of blue, envisions human beings entering a large space station.
"But anyway, if you have advanced rockets, you can decide whether you want to live on the space station or on Mars," Musk said. "Now we still have a long way to go, because we can't even go back to the moon. I think this is a bit sad. We were able to land on the moon in 1969, but now we can't return to the moon in 22. "
"We certainly want to ensure that civilization can be improved over time. I'm a little worried. We are slowing down our progress. We are slowing down the pace of change, which means that we are getting older. " Musk added.
In 219, Musk announced the prototype of the first starship, with the main goal of sending humans to Mars. The CEO hopes that the rocket can be launched in low orbit in March this year, and it will be successfully manned by the end of 22.
However, since 219, the Starship Project has experienced some twists and turns, which Musk mentioned in another interview earlier this month. "I hope we can fly many times, but it may not work, because this is an unknown field." Musk said.
"No one has ever made a rocket that can be completely reused. So just having these is very important. " Musk firmly believes.
BFR, now called starship, will complete all the tasks expected by Musk, and its size is smaller than that announced by Musk in 216. The SpaceX CEO said that the rocket will go to Mars for the first time in 222, carrying only cargo, and then carry a manned flight in 224. He also said that other SpaceX products will be used to pay for the launch.
If the rocket can be partially reused and has the ability to fly directly from the Earth to Mars. Once built, Musk believes that rockets can be used for traveling on the earth, and passengers can reach anywhere within an hour.
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