The colonization of Mars, which has been talked about for a long time in different countries, will not save humanity from social problems. Scientists warn about this, in particular, writes the scientific publication Nature.
It is known that at the end of September the head of the American corporation SpaceX Elon Musk told the world about his impressive plans to colonize Mars. He announced that he intends to create a super-heavy rocket and reusable spaceships, which will soon make up an entire fleet. Such ships will be capable of delivering about a million earthlings to the Red Planet by the end of the century.
The main goal pursued by Musk is to create an autonomous city on Mars, which will provide itself with everything necessary and become a full-fledged society. According to the head of SpaceX, people who went to Mars will in no way be inferior to human communities on Earth.
In turn, scientists considered this picture more than utopian. First of all, they say, building a space fleet and building a city on Mars is extremely expensive. Only some countries can afford such pleasure. But here, as scientists say, another problem arises. Governments or corporations, having invested huge amounts of money in such a project, will want some kind of return, and this will prevent a city on Mars from becoming autonomous.