OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS
ONCE THEY START COLONIZING
EVERYTHING FROM IRON FOUNDRIES
TO PIZZA JOINTS.
CHARLES.
CHARLES: HILLARY COMING THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION
IS IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE?
EDITOR SOPHIA BUSH RIGHT, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US.
A MAN GOING TO MARS HAS BEEN A
DREAM FOR A LONG TIME.
ELON MUSK IS A DREAMER WHO'S
GOTTEN A FEW THINGS DONE.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS
GETTING THIS CLOSE?
>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE GOING
TO MARS IN 2019.
HE SAID HIS GOAL WAS TO TEST HIS
ROCKET IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2019
AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE JUST A
SHORT UP AND DOWN FLIGHTS, A
SORT OF WAY TO SHOW THAT IT'S
LIKE A TEST RUN TO MAKE SURE HE
CAN TAKE OFF AND LAND.
BUT EVEN THAT WOULD BE PRETTY
EXCITING BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE
GOAL OF BEING THE MOST POWERFUL
ROCKET HUMANS HAVE EVER HAD
OPERATIONAL.
THE BIGGEST WAS THE SATURN FIVE,
THE ROCKET THAT TOOK ASTRONAUTS
ON THE APOLLO MISSION, GOT BEEN
TO THE MOON.
THIS ONE WOULD HAVE A GREATER
CARRYING CAPACITY THAN THE
SATURN FIVE AND WOULD BE 100%
REUSABLE, WHICH THE SATURN FIVE
WASN'T.
CHARLES: THERE'S SO MANY OTHER
ADDITIONAL COMPLICATIONS WITH
SUCH A TRIP IF IT WERE POSSIBLE,
CERTAINLY GOING TO THE MOON.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS, ADJUSTING
BODIES, TIME, WHATEVER.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE
THEORETICALLY?
>> I MEAN, MUSK HAS WANTED TO TO
BE IN 2019.
CHARLES: THE TRIP.
>> THE TRIP ITSELF?
CHARLES: LET'S SAY EVERYTHING
WENT GREAT AND IT'S 2030 AND
READY TO GO.
IT WOULD TAKE X AMOUNT OF WEEKS,
DAYS, MONTHS WHATEVER.
>> I WOULD TAKE MONTHS.
ONCE YOU GOT TO MARS FOR A LONG
TRIP.
IT WOULDN'T BE WORTH GOING
UNLESS YOU HAD PEOPLE,
PRESUMABLY STAY THEY ARE IN SOME
PEOPLE MIGHT COME BACK, BUT IT'S
PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE READY TO
GO TO MARS, THEY ARE READY TO
BECOME MARTIANS.
IT'S A REALLY CALL A NICE PLACE
TO NOT LOOK BACK.
CHARLES: HE'S TALKED TO, CHOOSE
REINVIGORATED THE IDEA SPACE
TRAVEL AND WE SEE THE REUSABLE
ROCKET LANDING AND WE ARE
GETTING THE SPECTACULAR LAUNCHES
FROM CAPE CANAVERAL AND PLACES
LIKE THAT.
HE'S SORT OF PRIDE AND
EXCITEMENT THAT THAT WAS MISSING
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> ONE OF HIS GOALS IS TO CREATE
SOMETHING OPERATIONAL, TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DREAM BIG
AND BE REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY.
IN MY OFFICE, LAST MONTH THE
FALCON HEAVY ROCKET HE LAUNCHED
WITH TESLA INTO SPACE IN THE
ROCKET COMPONENT LANDED
THEMSELVES AGAIN.
THAT WAS EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE
GATHERING AROUND COMPUTERS
WATCHING THIS LIVE STREAM.
IT IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING.
IF THAT IS HIS GOAL TO BRING
ATTENTION TO SPACE IN A BAKERY
PEOPLE, HE CERTAINLY SUCCEEDED
IN NOT.
CHARLES: EVERYONE IS SOCIALLY
CONSCIOUS THESE DAYS AND THERE
HAS TO BE A SOCIAL POSITIVE
COMPONENT FOR MANKIND IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT THESE TRIPS ARE
WORTHWHILE?
IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY PEOPLE
QUESTION AT THE END OF THE DAY
BE ON THE SURFACE ATMOSPHERE OF
IT, IS THERE A LEGITIMATE REASON
FOR THESE THINGS?
>> ONE THING HE SAID IN THE
EVENT OF A CATASTROPHE BEFALL IT
MERITS, THAT HEAVY HUMAN
COLONIES ON OTHER PLANETS WOULD
ALLOW HUMANITY TO SURVIVE IN
SOME WAY.
FRANKLY, THE EASIEST WAY TO SAVE
HUMANITY IS TO FIX PROBLEMS HERE
ON EARTH, NOT TO COLONIZE.
A VERY HOSTILE PLANET.
ANOTHER BENEFIT IS THE PRIVATE
SECTOR IN SPACE IS GROWING AND
LAST YEAR INVESTED BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN IT.
THE IDEA IS THAT YOU COULD HAVE
MAYBE TOURISM FLIGHTS TO SPACE
THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
THAT TYPE OF THING.