‘Dangerous Delusion’: UK Chief Astronomer and Neil deGrasse Tyson Slam Musk’s pipe dream of Settling Mars

‘Dangerous Delusion’: UK Chief Astronomer and Neil deGrasse Tyson Slam Musk’s Idea of Settling Mars

Last year Elon Musk announced that he was planning to build a city of one million people on Mars by 2050, with trips to the Red Planet being regular.

Britain's chief astrophysicist Lord Martin Rees and American astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson have criticized Elon Musk’s idea of creating a colony on Mars.

"The only reason for humans to go to space would be for adventure. To live on Mars is not going to be easy. Mars has a hostile environment,” Lord Rees said, stressing that "the idea of Elon Musk to have a million people settle on Mars is a dangerous delusion,” and comparing living on Mars to living at the South Pole or on the tip of Mount Everest.

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