One-way tickets would cost $500,000 (£312,110) the first batch of pioneers would build sustainable housing of transparent domes pressurised with CO2 would allow Mars' soil to grow crops. Thus eventually population would reach 80,000 - a number estimated from belief that one out of every 100,000 would desire to go into deep space Project estimated to cost $36 billion Says government funding of 0.25 or 0.05 per cent of nations' gross domestic product would be sufficient in aid Calls plan 'life insurance for life collectively' 'At Mars, you can start a self-sustaining civilization and grow it into something really big,' he told the Royal Aeronautical Society in London last week while awarded the society’s gold medal for his contribution to the commercialisation of space. Laying out precise details and figures to his 'difficult' but 'possible' plans, the space pioneer says the first ferry of explorers would be no more than 10 people at a price tag of $500,000 (£312,110) per ticket. The ticket price needs to be low enough that most people in advanced countries, in their mid-forties or something like that, could put together enough money to make the trip,' one: The first step for colonising Mars according to Musk would be getting man physically on the Red Planet, a feat he expects within the next 15 to 20 years with a SpaceX Dragon capsule seen landing in a drawing he said. Rather than lounging around on an interplanetary vacation, the passengers would be sent to work, carrying with them equipment to build sustainable housing on the dusty and currently barren soil for future generations. Immediate ground work would focus on building transparent domes pressurised with CO2 while possibly covered in a layer of water to serve as protection from the sun.
Step two: Musk says building a vertical landing rocket described as 'rapid and reusable' is already underway in Space X's Falcon 9 rocket, pictured, that is estimated to achieve its marks in the next year or two. With the CO2, Mars' soil would be capable of growing crops for food, he said. Additional equipment carried over could also produce fertile methane and oxygen using the atmosphere’s natural elements of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and its surface of ice water. Musk believes one person out of every 100,000 people would be interested in making the journey with 8 billion expected on Earth by time his plans become reality. Still, the first step is getting man to the Red Planet, a mission he expects to be completed in the next 15 to 20 years. Once that's established, phase two would require a Space X design of a 'rapid and reusable' vertical-landing rocket, calling this: 'the pivotal step to achieving a colony on Mars.' Test flights: An aerial view of Grasshopper test rocket is seen with the prototype having already made two short flights that will gradually increase in altitude and speed until launched into orbit and back again. Such a design is currently underway in his Falcon 9 rocket, he said, with it currently undergoing testing for vertical take-off and landing. Its named the Grasshopper, the prototype has already made two short flights but they plan to 'gradually increase the altitude and speed' over the next few months until it’s launched into orbit and back again and it will take a while, I’m not sure how long it'll take but I’m hopeful that we can start to bring back the first stage in the next year or two just look at this video with expertise from invited Volkswagen engineers it credible
He said while light-heatedly admitting: 'Those could be famous last words. ‘Estimating his project to in all cost $36 billion, he’s calculated in both private profits along with government aid of approximately .25 or .05 per cent of a nation’s gross domestic product to make it a reality. He says the project would be a ‘fun adventure to watch even if you don't participate,' much like the lunar landing was in 1969. But essentially, with its end result, he calls it: 'life insurance for life collectively.' Musk's early work oversaw construction of the first battery electric sports car with Tesla Motors. Space X's Dragon spacecraft made history in May when becoming the first commercial vehicle in history to dock at the International Space Station. NASA awarded Space X a $1.6 billion contract for operating 12 cargo flights to the space station and back in 2008. Since then in 2011 it began work to carry astronauts under a NASA award. Musk, originally from South Africa, earned a physics degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a business degree from Wharton.The 41-year-old has a net-worth of 2.4 billion according to Forbes magazine he not really worried opening a martian operation.
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