The ultimate goal of Elon Musk, CEO of American space exploration technology company SpaceX, is to colonize Mars. He believes that sending humans to Mars is no longer a problem. Surviving on this red planet is a greater challenge. .

At the recent "Humanity to Mars" summit, Musk shared the progress of SpaceX's interstellar spacecraft and rockets, but also expressed concern about establishing a base on Mars. Musk believes that it will be "very difficult" to build a self-sufficient Martian city. While developing a galactic civilization, settlers may face many dangers.

Musk said: "I want to emphasize that this is a very difficult and dangerous thing, not for the faint-hearted. The first colonists on Mars missions are likely to die on Mars. This will be a very A difficult process, but if it succeeds in the end, it will be a supreme honor."

Musk and many others are working hard to develop a plan and hope to minimize the risk of death of Martian colonists due to difficulties or accidents. In fact, their goal is to allow people to die comfortably on Mars after a long work and entertainment life, at least to make it look more like life on Earth.

There have been many questions about how humans colonize Mars, such as how we will launch the hundreds of interstellar spacecraft in Musk’s plan at the right time to achieve the shortest and safest travel? How will the spacecraft land safely on the surface of Mars? How will astronauts spend a year of space travel comfortably in a small space?

All these problems need to be resolved before humans touch the surface of Mars, and after reaching Mars, the logistics of colonists will become a major problem. According to current estimates, the trip itself will take several years, and those participating in the colonial project will be informed that the trip may be one-way.

These people will continue to work and live on Mars until the end of life naturally ends. In addition, Musk pointed out that harsh conditions can easily lead to the accidental death of colonists.

Musk said at the meeting that allowing humans to settle on Mars is his long-term goal, for which the construction of reusable rockets and powerful and complex life support systems is his main priority. Musk has successfully transported astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), where NASA and other agencies have deployed long-term survival technology.

But unlike NASA’s advanced life support projects, the advanced life support technologies required for future human missions will include physical and chemical technologies for improving the atmosphere, water recycling, waste treatment, and resource recovery, bioprocessing technologies for food production, and System modeling, analysis and control technology related to the operation of integrated subsystems.

In other words, although there are many different functions on the International Space Station, such as water recovery, settlers on the moon or Mars will need long-term support for the same people. They cannot do the same as the space station resident personnel. Rotate once a month.

In addition, the Mars mission requires advanced maintenance technology. When planning the task, the researchers mentioned chemical processes such as 3D printers and ligand bonding, because it is easier to send raw materials that can be turned into 100 different things or 50 different drugs, and the correct chemical process can recycle waste products into Fertilizer molecule.

Source: NetEase Technology Report, translated by Google Translate