Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said on Friday night's episode of HBO that he doesn't think Elon Musk's vision of space travel to Mars is realistic.Real Time with Bill Maher”.
“I don't think it's going to happen until the government decides it's in our interests geopolitically,” he said in a conversation with Donna Brazile and Andrew Young.
“But I think President-elect Trump has some interest in Mars, so we may have another conversation in the coming months,” the scientist added. “At some point, someone has to pay for it. Just being interested in something is not the same as paying for it.”
Musk fired back by suggesting that a trip to Mars could not only help countries but also solve humanity's long-standing problems.
“Wow, they don't really get it. Mars is crucial for the long-term survival of consciousness,” he wrote in response to the video clip. ×.
“And I'm not going to ask venture capitalists for money. In response to DeGrasse Tyson's claim that venture capitalists wouldn't invest in space travel to Mars, it turned out to be worthless as an investment. “That's why I'm gathering resources.”
NASA has worked with Mr. Musk for years. Over the past decade, his company SpaceX has awarded $3.6 billion in contracts with the agency and $11.8 billion with the Department of Defense, the paper said. new york times analysis.
In a post earlier this year, the tech giant said a spacecraft to Mars would generate life.multi-planetary'', he said, adding that the Ministry of Government Efficiency, which he currently co-directs with Vivek Ramaswamy, is “the only way to extend lifespans beyond the planet''.
