Elon Musk outlines vision for life on Mars with droids, glass domes, and huge rockets

[kevindavis007]

SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk's vision for the colonization of Mars is as sci-fi as you'd expect with robots, glass domes and spaceships with cool names.


In a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session Sunday, the billionaire was asked a number of questions from the technical specs of his rockets to how his plans for colonizing Mars would play out.


At an international space conference last month, Musk talked about plans for SpaceX's Interplanetary Transit System (ITS) – a project that involves launching reusable rockets to Mars with manned missions potentially coming within the next decade.


The Reddit AMA was an extension of the discussion where eager fans asked Musk about his plans.


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[Oceander]

How does he expect to deal with hard solar radiation and cosmic radiation just using glass domes?  On Mars, as in so many other places in this Universe, what you can't see will kill you.

[kevindavis007]

How does he expect to deal with hard solar radiation and cosmic radiation just using glass domes?  On Mars, as in so many other places in this Universe, what you can't see will kill you.

I'm pretty sure they are working on it.  However, you can ask Robert Zubrin (@robert_zubrin) on twitter. He will give you a reasoned response if he answers your question.

[kevindavis007]

How does he expect to deal with hard solar radiation and cosmic radiation just using glass domes?  On Mars, as in so many other places in this Universe, what you can't see will kill you.

But in reality I prefer that we find a planet that is like ours..

[geronl]

But in reality I prefer that we find a planet that is like ours..

ditto

[Frank Cannon]

I notice that when Tesla is about to have a spot of bother, good ol' Elon trots out some pie in the sky nonsense as a distraction. He is like a heavily taxpayer funded magician distracting the audience during a slight of hand trick.

[Just_Victor]

How does he expect to deal with hard solar radiation and cosmic radiation just using glass domes?  On Mars, as in so many other places in this Universe, what you can't see will kill you.

We engineers really loathe the "45000 ft altitude, big picture" people.  Especially the ones who don't have a clue about the engineering challenges that they are demanding be solved.

[Oceander]

We engineers really loathe the "45000 ft altitude, big picture" people.  Especially the ones who don't have a clue about the engineering challenges that they are demanding be solved.

I've always been a space travel fan, so it was quite eye opening, and a little depressing, when I started learning about just how dangerous it is out there.  It's not like retrofitting a submarine with some rocket engines.