{"id":10760,"date":"2016-09-28T19:45:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T19:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/?p=287845"},"modified":"2016-10-03T03:35:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T03:35:37","slug":"elon-musk-unveils-plans-for-mars-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2016\/09\/28\/elon-musk-unveils-plans-for-mars-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk unveils plans for Mars civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_287871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 648px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center; display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\"><img class=\" wp-image-287871\" title=\"elon-musk-Mars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/elon-musk-Mars.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"355\" \/><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">(credit: SpaceX)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a talk on Tuesday at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iac2016.org\/\">International Astronautical Congress<\/a> in Guadalajara, Mexico, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk laid out engineering details to establish a permanent, self-sustaining civilization of a million people on Mars, with an initial flight as soon as 2024.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is designing a massive reusable Interplanetary Transport System spacecraft with cabins. The trip would initially cost $500,000 per person, with a long-term goal of 100 passengers per trip.<\/p>\n<p>Musk plans to make humanity a \u201cmultiplanetary species\u201d to ensure survival in case of a calamity like an asteroid strike. \u201cThis is really about minimizing existential risk and having a tremendous sense of adventure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_287873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 648px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center; display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\"><img class=\" wp-image-287873\" title=\"Europa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/Europa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"338\" \/><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist&#8217;s impression of\u00a0Interplanetary Transport System on Europa (note humans for scale) (credit: SpaceX)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The new rocket could also be used for other interplanetary trips to places like Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_287876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 648px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center; display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\"><img class=\" wp-image-287876\" title=\"Mars rocket design\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/Mars-rocket-design.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"426\" \/><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">(credit: SpaceX)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0qo78R_yYFA?rel=0\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>SpaceX | SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H7Uyfqi_TE8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Space X | Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a talk on Tuesday at the&nbsp;International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk laid out engineering details to establish a permanent, self-sustaining civilization of a million people on Mars, with an initial flight as soon as 2024. SpaceX is designing a massive reusable Interplanetary Transport System spacecraft with cabins. 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