Head of SpaceX stands for the international competition for the development of Mars
WASHINGTON, 19 Jul — RIA Novosti. The head of the company SpaceX Elon Musk believes that the development of Mars should come in the form of “friendly competition”, and not as an international project.
About this businessman said Wednesday at the conference on the use and development of technology for the International space station (ISS), responding to the comment of the representative of NASA that the Mars mission will be “a multinational force”.
“Friendly competition is a good option,” said Musk.
On the question of whether or not he believes that after 100 years after the creation of human colonies on Mars, a possible war between the settlers, he replied: “On Mars surface a lot, but not so many people.”
Martian US program, which was developed under the previous administration of Barack Obama, suggests a manned mission to Mars in 2030-ies. For this, the US built a super-heavy booster SLS. In the last year of the intention to make a manned flight to Mars in the years 2020-2025 said the private company SpaceX. The first unmanned flight to the red planet she’s planning for 2018.