Published 17:50 IST, November 22nd 2020

Elon Musk touts terraforming on Mars; netizens say 'This sounds epic'

Space X CEO Elon Musk recently revealed his version of how life on Mars would look like. "This will be epic. Sounds like you ave a plan already," said a user

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X CEO Elon Musk recently revealed his version of how life on Mars would look like. While it might seem like a scene from a science fiction movie, Musk said that humans would be able to brea on Red planet with help of artificial techlogy. Musk’s remarks came in reply to a Portuguese Twitter P ‘Astromiaum’ which asked Tesla CEO if life was possible on Mars.

‘Elon wants to populate Mars’

It all started when ‘Astromiaum’ reiterated business magnate’s 2017 statement wherein he h asserted that he’ll prefer to live on Mars. “Elon wants to populate Mars with more than 1 million people by 2050. Is that possible, Elon Musk?,” tweet re. Surprisingly, Musk replied by commenting ‘Deveras’ which means “Really”

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Following which, ‘Astromiaum’ furr questioned, “Elon: When people arrived on Mars, would planet alrey be terraformed or would people have ar way created by X to survive on red planet?”. Answering this, 49-year-old touted survival of humans in glass domes initially. However, he said that environment of neighbouring planet could eventually be terraformed to make it suitable for mankind.

futuristic conversation has created a stir on internet with Musk’s tweet garnering over eight thousand likes. Many people also took opportunity to furr question Musk and also express ir opinion on same. “What about government? questioned a curious user. While ar ded, “Glass domes? Would have to be able to sustain desert storms, wouldn't it? I would have assumed a different material.” Yet somebody thought that problem on earth needed to be solved first and wrote, “Elon don't you think it is better to try to solve Earth's problems like hunger, social inequality, global warming and greenhouse effect, before colonizing Mars?"

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17:50 IST, November 22nd 2020