• Question: how close are we to colonizing mars

    Asked by anon-293481 on 27 Apr 2021.
    • Photo: Rosie Goodburn

      Rosie Goodburn answered on 27 Apr 2021: last edited 27 Apr 2021 11:57 am

      Elon Musk says he’s confident we will land humans on Mars by 2026! But we shall see…

    • Photo: Ed Peake

      Ed Peake answered on 27 Apr 2021:

      Researchers think that the minimum number of people for survival on another planet is around 110, so colonization may take a bit longer than the 2026 proposed first person on mars.
      https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66740-0

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