SpaceX's Obstacles in the Pursuit of Life on Mars

SpaceX's Obstacles in the Pursuit of Life on Mars

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

David Axelrod, Humans on Mars, Economics of the Corn Maze

Episode: David Axelrod, Humans on Mars, Economics of the Corn Maze

  • Oct 31, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 17:44 mins

Guest: Andrew Maynard, PhD, Professor of Future of Innovation in Society, Director of the Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University NASA aims to send humans to Mars in about 15 years. Elon Musk – of Tesla Motors and SpaceX – plans to do it in seven years. And not just for a visit. His vision is a self-sustaining city on Mars where people can live, work and visit. The technical and financial challenges are immense, but Musk has already done a lot in space travel that NASA hasn’t been able to do. For example, SpaceX can launch a rocket into orbit, then bring it down to earth, land it upright and use it again. If anyone can built a city on Mars, I think it’ll be Elon Musk. But it won’t be without challenges.

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