Elon Musk explained his idea of ​​nuclear bombardment of Mars

A few weeks ago, SpaceX CEO Ilon Musk spoke in one of the popular US shows about his idea to change the climate of Mars by detonating several nuclear charges on the Red Planet . In his opinion, this is the fastest way to start terraforming our neighbor. Now Musk talked a little more about his idea. As it turned out, he does not mean the need to bombard the surface of Mars, the meaning of the idea in the implementation of periodic nuclear explosions over the Martian poles. The period between explosions in this case is 2-3 seconds.

The idea is to create two small pulsating “suns” above the polar caps of Mars. In this case, the explosions should occur above the surface of Mars, and not on the surface itself. These artificial luminaries will heat the planet and turn frozen carbon dioxide into gas. Accordingly, CO2 will continue to retain the heat of the planet, creating a greenhouse effect. And the more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars, the warmer the planet will be. Interestingly, when Musk was asked how difficult it would be to implement this plan, he replied that it was “absolutely not a problem”.


Mars, as Opportunity "sees" it.

The businessman made his statement at the SolarCity conference. Here he noted that SpaceX is now working on the implementation of the plan to create the Earth-Mars transport ship.

I note that Ilon Musk has been advocating his idea of ​​settling Mars for more than 10 years . In particular, he believes that without this, the future of mankind is a dead end.

By 2040, according to Musk, it is possible to establish a base on Mars with thousands or even tens of thousands of people. In this case, the first colonists will have to pay for themselves, but the pioneers will be able to establish a colony, which can be developed. Of course, the first settlers will not be able to return to Earth in the foreseeable future, and this must be recognized. These people will experience physical and mental malaise, unexplored illnesses and severe depression. This also needs to be understood, getting rid of the romantic veil when thinking about traveling to Mars.



The industry will have to be created from scratch, which means that work will have to be worn out. At the same time, the current capabilities of man will not be enough for any active terraforming of Mars in the near future. Maybe this will work out, but very soon. Musk is already considering a possible ship design for transporting colonists. There is even a name - Mars Colonial Transporter. But it takes a lot of time for the project to become more than just a name. For this, first of all, it is necessary to reduce the cost of a single rocket launch.