The famous American businessman Elon Musk said that he wants to build a city on Mars that will be independent from the Earth.
He writes about it The Independent.
— It helps a lot when you have the goal of creating an independent city on Mars. Not just a few people on one base, but a real independent city, — said Musk.
At the moment, various housing projects on Mars are being developed. According to Musk, they must be completed before an emergency or cataclysm occurs on Earth. Such, according to the businessman, is a collision of the Earth with a comet, a super-powerful volcanic eruption or "nuclear Armageddon".
— Civilization on Earth does not look too strong. Now she looks a little shaky, - emphasized Musk.
According to the general director of SpaceX, the Starship spacecraft can go to the red planet without people on board already in early 2024.
It is worth noting that earlier Elon Musk expressed the opinion that a self-supporting fully functional city on Mars could be formed as early as 2050. At the same time, the cost of the project can reach one eighth of the volume of the entire world economy: from 100 billion to 10 trillion US dollars.
