Elon Musk's Vision

One of the most important reason for us to continue space exploration is to realize that earth has its limitation. According to a 2012 UN Program for the Environment report, earth has a carrying capacity of 8-16 billion people. Since, we already have surpassed 7 billion, we really need to look for a place to put all these people, or we might end up destroying all the animal habitats so that more skyscrapers could be built in accommodate the needs of growing population. In addition to it, growing population is also causing the natural resources to be used up quickly. Only possible solution that anyone can see to these major problems is to find a place in space to colonize, as in the space, there is unlimited resources. Hence, space

There exists a multitude of individuals who desire the title of ‘entrepreneur’. Thankfully, there exists such a system which makes this title easier to attain - the free enterprise system. The free enterprise system provides individuals the ability to make their own economic decisions, without limitations from the government. With this in mind, free enterprise has been necessary for Elon Musk to help found the electric automobile company, Tesla, Inc. With the free enterprise system, Elon Musk has made an impact on the business world with the ability of being able to lower risk for consumers, as well as create advanced products for consumers.

Transportation in outer space is going to be very hard. There is going to be very too many people. I suppose people to not go into outer space, because of the transportation. The transportation is going to be very bad, because the ship

Like mentioned before, many people are concerned about the safety of the astronauts and the cost of the trips. Of course these hazards would lead people to believe that traveling

The thought of traveling to another planet has always been so intriguing. Imagine, being light years away from this rather small planet in comparison to others in our same solar system. Living in space would be a completely different experience than living here on

Ed Regis, in the article "let's Not Move to Mars" states: "crews members are in microgravity for the entire trip, with consequent health problems: your bone mass wastes away" (Regis). Additionally crew members will face mental illnesses. Ed Regis also in "Let's Not Move to Mars" states, " Persistent mechanical noises and vibrations, sleep disturbances, unbearable tedium, trance states, depression, monotonous repetition of meals, clothing, routines, conversations and so on" (Regis). Sending people to Mars would turn them mad before they even got there and would be useless.

The Mars One project, a mission that will attempt to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars, has become immensely popular since its announcement in December of 2013. With the mission’s growing popularity, the CEO of the project, Bas Lansdrop, has established that within twelve years, the first humans will land on the surface of the barren planet and begin colonization (“Mars One: Roadmap”.) Mars One presents our species with the capability to discover new life forms, valuable resources, and it pushes the limits of our technological potential. It is not perplexing to see why countless individuals have signed up to be a part of this historic mission, and ultimately “the next giant leap for mankind.” (Lansdrop.) Although this mission

What happens when you go into space? You lose muscle and bone mass. I found that the astronauts set apart two and a half hours each day are devoted to fitness. If astronauts are not exercising they start losing the bone and muscle that they need. Bone and muscle loss mean decreased size and strength, and can reduce the ability to do the work that they have due the weakness. Once they land on Earth walking difficult by the lose of muscle. Muscle can be built back up with exercise, but when you lose bone is not easy to get back. In the Apollo mission there wasn't room for the exercise equipment that the space station has.

These people believe that the journey is too long and far for astronauts to safely arrive, explore, and return with little to no health issues. If funding for NASA is not cut, astronauts’ health will not be as big of an issue.

Some people believe that having a single planet is risky and we should have an alternate planet to escape. An entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has built a rocket company, on which in the future a spaceship would bring settlers to mars. The settlers, according to this entrepreneur, would serve as protection against earth’s extinction

It has become such an iconic idea, that most if not all children in the last 60 years have thought that they would be alive to see the expedition, if not be part of it themselves. Of course, space travel is not a simple there and back scenario. As seen in the American Apollo program, there are many places throughout a mission where things can and most defiantly will go wrong with technology. In addition, there are inevitably even more challenging obstacles for a mission to face once they get into space. These challenges include loss of muscle, bone, and suppression of the human immune systems and over time we have found that these bodily effects seem to become progressively worse the longer an astronaut travels through space. Before we even begin discussing when we should attempt land manned space missions on other planets, we need a better understanding of the effect of long term space travel and occur in the first place and find ways to combat them so that prolonged space travel is not destructive to the human

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has been trying to get a manned mission to Mars since 2002; it was the reason that he started his own business to build and improve on rocket technology.

Though it may sound shocking, space travel is extremely dangerous. Many astronauts fear complete isolation in space, and in The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney is abandoned on Mars after a failed mission. However, isolation in space is not the most dangerous threat for astronauts. Many other astronauts have dealt with terrorizations from space debris, leaky suits, and launches and re-launches. Though The Martian does have a successful ending, many other space flights have not been as successful.

Musk conceptualized a project called “Mars Oasis,” in 2001, in which he would “land a miniature experimental greenhouse on Mars that contained seeds and dehydrating gel, after hydrating the gel the seeds would grow on Martian soil” (McKnight, 2001). The project was to regain a dwindling public interest in space exploration and increase the budget of NASA. Musk quickly realized that the expense of getting to Mars was far greater than he expected and that there would need to be a breakthrough in rocket technology. Musk traveled the world meeting with different rocket builders and space engineers in hopes of finding the right rocket builder and the right price to make his project a reality but did not find a suitable candidate. Musk had the idea of creating a company that could build the rockets that he needed at a fraction of the cost. Musk saw opportunity where others saw dead ends. He hired renowned rockets engineers and opened a facility in El Segundo, California, called SpaceX. “Musk decided SpaceX’s first rocket would be named Falcon 1, a nod to Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon” (Vance, 2015). A few of SpaceX’s achievements include: the first privately funded, liquid-fueled rocket (Falcon 1) to reach orbit (28 September 2008), the first privately funded company to successfully launch (Falcon 9) orbit and recover a spacecraft (9 December 2010), the first private company to send a spacecraft 9Dragon) to the International Space Station (25 May 2012) and the first private company to send a satellite into geosynchronous orbit. In 2011, Musk stated that he hopes to “send humans to Mars’ surface within 10-20 years and believes that by 2035 at the latest, there will be

Not just does space travel affect the body, but it also affects the mind. Sometimes when astronauts come back from space they have space madness. Even though astronauts will face serious health dangers, some people think humans can make better explorations than