Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, is about to reach a historic figure: one trillion dollars. His space company arrived on Wall Street, and his compensation, equivalent to 7.5% of the capital, is tied to a specific goal: establishing a permanent human colony on Mars. The bet is clear: if Musk manages to make us live on the red planet, his fortune will skyrocket.
The technical plan for a Martian city 🚀
SpaceX's roadmap for Mars is based on the Starship spacecraft, a reusable stainless steel vehicle with capacity for 100 passengers. The design contemplates the use of in-situ resources: extracting water from underground ice to generate oxygen and fuel through electrolysis. The habitable modules would be pressurized and buried under regolith to protect against radiation. Logistics require frequent launches during orbital windows every 26 months.
The trillionaire who wants to be chief colonist 🏠
While the rest of us dream of a second home on the beach, Musk dreams of one in Jezero Crater. The irony is that to become a trillionaire, he needs all of us to move to a place without oxygen, with dust storms and temperatures of -60 degrees. But hey, if it works, at least Martian Wi-Fi will have good latency to complain about the orbital traffic jam.