Elon Musk on Mars: Large colonies of tunneling droids to surround the planet
The prominent business magnate Elon Musk is also a great inventor. He is very vocal and eager to be on Mars or the "Red Planet" and has lots of plans for Mars to look forward to in the future. During his talk at the Reddit AMA session, he revealed that his vision for the planet is to be surrounded by large colonies of tunneling droids.
Based on the reports of Engadget, Musk also explained how the robots or droids on Mars will be able to refuel a spacecraft by itself. The colonies of robots will build their own high volumes of pressurized space and they will use it for industrial activity. The droids will refuel with the help of Dragon capsules.
According to on a report of arsTECHNICA, Musk told during the AMA Reddit Summit that his Red dragon spacecraft will be sent to Mars in 2018 neither 2020 to begin the mission to Mars.
They will do this procedure to prove that their company can really explore the Red Planet. And from there, they will do scientific procedures and test if the chemical reactions from the planet can provide them the best way on how to get methane and water from the Martian environment and atmosphere.The resulting chemical can be used as a fuel for return missions on the planet.
Musk also stated that their Interplanetary Transit System (ITS) would be powerful enough to travel back and forth from Mars to Earth to any point of each planet's orbit. This is a very helpful feature for emergencies during planetary missions. The Canadian inventor added that the biggest challenge they are facing right now which involves their ITS is the excellent procedure they can use to seal their carbon tanks inside the ITS and they are vigorously working on the solution.
