Elon Musk suggested lose Mars thermonuclear bombs – RBC

The head of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk

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Elon Musk talk show Late Show with Stephen Colbert talked about ways of colonizing Mars inhabitants of the Earth. According to him, the quickest method is to reset the poles of the planet thermonuclear bombs, reports Bloomberg.

In a conversation with Colbert Musk Mars called “inhospitable”. According to him, to colonize the planet, you must create the greenhouse effect by heating its atmosphere. However, the saturation of greenhouse gases will take too long, says the businessman. He said that the explosion of thermonuclear charges over the poles of Mars will help make the planet more similar to Earth faster. The head of SpaceX also voiced other options, such as colonization of Mars microbes.

«This is the planet that needs repair. First, would have to live under a transparent dome, but then it can be transformed into a planet like Earth, “- concluded Musk (quoted by the publication Motherboard).

In response to a question the master, Musk said that he does not consider himself neither a superhero nor supervillain. “I’m just trying to do useful things,” – said the businessman. Thus Colbert in response to an invitation mask to drop bombs joked: “This makes only supervillains. Superman never propose reset thermonuclear bombs ».

Musk regularly voiced the details of its plan to move Mars. In February it was reported that a businessman is going to devote this theme book. By the end of this year, the head of SpaceX promised to show the ship Mars Colonial Transporter and suit that will be used to colonize the Red Planet. He also talked about plans for the development of satellite internet, whereby it will be possible to establish a link between Earth and Mars. Plans mask to colonize Mars partly devoted to his biography, written by Ashlee Vance.

In 2015, Forbes magazine put a mask on the 100th place in the ranking of billionaires, estimated his fortune at $ 12 billion. He is the CEO of for the production of electric vehicles Tesla Motors, as well as the producer of space launch SpaceX.