Chapter 1806 (2/2)
The world's richest man suddenly said he wanted to immigrate to Mars, which can be said to be another big explosive news after the flying tigers!
As a result, reporters asked questions one after another. Someone asked, ”Mr. Li, how long are you going to realize this wish?”
Li Mu said, ”first of all, it's not a wish. It's a plan, a plan to be carried out. In addition, I hope that by 2020, we can send humans to Mars safely.”
Another person asked, ”President Li, sending humans to Mars and immigrating to Mars are two concepts, right?”
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile, ”there are two concepts and two stages. First, we need to land on Mars and return safely, then we can immigrate to Mars.”
Another reporter raised his hand: ”President Li, even NASA in the United States is afraid to launch this project. How much are you and Elon Musk going to invest to launch this project?”
”I am willing to invest 10 billion dollars or more in this project in the next 2-30 years at least,” Li said with a smileLi Mu said: ”of course, I also hope that the rich people all over the world will be willing to participate in this project. Now we are ready to recruit partners for all mankind, but also for all mankind, to recruit future space tourists, even space funeral users.”
Reporter asked: ”President Li, can you tell us more about it?”
”Of course.” Li Mu said with a smile, ”first of all, it's a 10 billion dollar investment. It's just my personal guaranteed investment. At the same time, Elon Musk and I also have two cooperation projects, one is Tesla, the other is SpaceX. All the net profits that these two companies can control in the future will be used for space exploration projects.”
”As for the space passenger program, in the future, we will provide various space tourism programs, such as orbit around the earth, space station, moon, Mars, etc. This program is intended to recruit those rich users who want to experience space exploration in their lifetime;”
”and space funeral is our ultimate solution for the placement of ashes after the death of mankind Is it a romantic thing to put it into a high-strength alloy container and launch it into space? Maybe human beings will die in the future, and the ashes will still roam in space
Someone asked him, ”Mr. Li, can you tell us why you think so?”
Li Mu said with a smile: ”people, there must be a driving force to move forward. If my driving force is only to make money, I may put all my energy and cost into the projects that can make money, but what's the meaning of that? When the money reaches a certain level, I can't spend all of it, and I'm not a person who likes to enjoy it very much. So I think it's better to use some money to do something more meaningful and higher. Exploring Mars and space is one of them.
”Then why did you choose Mars instead of other celestial bodies, such as the moon, which is closer to the earth?”
”Mars is the most similar earth like planet in the solar system, so in our view, Mars is the most realistic choice to engage in alien migration, there is no one,” Li Mu explained
”What do you think is the probability of success of this plan?”
Li Mu said: ”success needs time as a reference. In my opinion, the success rate of landing human beings on Mars in more than ten years should be about 50%, but the success rate of immigrating to Mars is only about 25%. However, if the time axis is extended for ten years, I think the success rate will be doubled respectively. If the time axis is extended to 2050, I think Even immigration to Mars is at least 80 percent possible. ”
Li Mu said: ”in fact, it doesn't matter to me that this goal can't be achieved even in 2050, because scientific research itself is a process that needs to be built continuously. With my ability and my lifetime, it may not be possible to send human beings to Mars for migration, but it will certainly improve the theoretical and hardware foundation of human migration to Mars to a certain extent That way, our children and grandchildren can build on it. ”
”Maybe in 2100, man will be able to establish a permanent living base on Mars;”
”maybe in 2200, man will be able to easily go back and forth between Mars and earth;”
”maybe in 2500, man will be able to rush out of the solar system and move towards a further goal.”
”But the premise of all this is that human beings must start exploring the outer space and other celestial bodies again. If we don't take this step now, but give it to our sons and grandchildren to start it, the whole human pace of exploring outer space will be delayed for 20 or 30 years or even longer. Therefore, I think it's necessary for us to start earlier The beginning. ”
Another reporter asked: ”Mr. Li, do you have any specific steps and plans?”
”First of all, we will increase investment to develop recoverable launch vehicles to further reduce the cost of space launch,” said Li Mu. ”Second, we will start to build our own space station while carrying out commercial launch. As a base for fuel supplement and food supplement, the first batch of astronauts to Mars in the future will be loaded with fuel here.” And supplies, to Mars far away.
”At the same time, we will also study permanent and semi permanent equipment suitable for use on Mars. First, we will select a location on the surface of Mars, build a scientific research station, and then take the scientific research station as the center, gradually expand a Mars village, Mars Town, or even Mars City.”
”Of course, this is the most unimaginative solution. When we look at this problem, we might as well be romantic. Imagine that perhaps in the next few decades, human material science will advance rapidly, and people may be able to develop space elevators!”
”In that way, the cost of transporting the goods to the space station will be greatly reduced. In the past, hundreds of kilograms of loads needed to be transported by a carrier rocket, but at that time, hundreds of kilograms of loads would be transported, that is to say, some power would be consumed. If that day came, human beings might be able to build a super spaceship the size of an aircraft carrier in space At that time, we could even build a mobile city in space, and then carry thousands of people, with all the equipment and supplies they need, directly to Mars and land on the surface of Mars. ””In a word, space exploration may be endless, but the key is that if we do not take the first step, there will be no prospect or possibility. Only by taking the first step, there will be infinite possibilities!”