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Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. It is a brand in itself, admired or envied as the case may be, from 16-year-olds to adults intrigued by his ideas and behavior in business. Recently, Elon demonstrated that he can raise or lower businesses on the stock exchange by a simple statement. He has immense energy and charisma through which he can impose a crazy idea, but at the same time he can manipulate people's emotions and destroy ideas, if interest demands it. At the end of the day, Elon is a white, billionaire, eccentric man. And his interest in colonizing Mars must be studied carefully, with all the implications for society. Otherwise, there is a risk that it will turn into an adventure designed to suit the needs of the privileged class. According to Buzz Aldrin, a member of the Apollo 11 crew who arrived on the moon in 1969: “Elon is a transport person. He is not a person in charge of housing. He is not a builder. " Musk wants to reach Mars, but is not sure what he will do after reaching this goal.
Elon's colonization initiative has both followers and critics. After all, we have enough problems here on Earth that we don't have to waste our time, energy and resources with Mars. Global warming generates extreme natural phenomena, and these in turn lead to large-scale humanitarian crises. 2021 seems to be a red code for humanity. In these conditions, is the colonization of Mars an eccentricity, a fad of billionaires who do not know how to spend money or an initiative that can bring important progress for humanity?
From an economic point of view, the colonization of the planet Mars is considered one of the most expensive initiatives in human history. At the same time, it has the potential to be a very profitable investment in the long run. The economic vision is that, at the end of these investments, a ship with a diameter of 12 meters and a height of 122 meters, with a capacity of 100 people (Starship), will allow voyages that last much less than six to nine months. , necessary with current technology, for a normal spaceship to reach the Red Planet. And because the Martian fleet will leave en masse and the business will be scaled up, the cost per ticket will probably be less than $ 200,000, with the possibility of falling below $ 100,000 in a few years. Without scaling and reuse, which are important ingredients for business, the cost of a trip would be about $ 10 billion, using current technology.
To get to this point, huge investments are needed. It is an extremely complex process, and half of all Martian missions have failed due to the many variables that could jeopardize a mission: component failures, radiation, incorrect analysis. The total estimated cost of completing the program is considered to be more than likely to reach $ 5 trillion, with high chances of increasing to $ 10 trillion and in some cases even to $ 15 trillion.
SpaceX alone currently spends tens of millions of dollars each year on this project, which Musk estimates will eventually require an investment of about $ 10 billion. Although the costs are huge, both government and private organizations consider it worth doing, and this is reflected in the allocated budget. The United States, which takes space exploration very seriously, has already allocated nearly $ 25 billion to NASA in 2021, an absolute record.
Private investment already accounts for a large share of available funds, with $ 5.8 billion raised in 2019 alone, and that number is also expected to rise sharply. Given previous investments and the attention that such a company could gain, experts anticipate an increased interest in financing this project.On Earth, an operation of such importance as becoming an interplanetary species will involuntarily encourage education. As new missions drive advances in science and technology, the global workforce is motivated to innovate. Mars has the power to influence and inspire millions of students, now in high school, to invest more in education and become scientists, mathematicians, technology experts, etc. and make valuable discoveries during their lifetime. Looking back, we can anticipate that the public's attitude towards health, safety and the environment has evolved considerably since the Apollo 13 program - society has become more active and risk-free, which is why we might expect the same mentality to improve. place with the touch of the planet Mars.
Regarding living on Mars, previous experiments concluded that the main products that would be available to be produced "at home" are cabbage, potatoes, corn and radishes. This would mainly consist of the diet of the Martians. People could also grow synthetic meat, but foods like beef would be too much of an investment and therefore not worth it.
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