There is no denying the talent and success of Elon Musk, but in return, he is also a name that has sparked a lot of controversy with his unprecedented statements, even being considered somewhat overly boastful. Most recently, Elon Musk continued to astonish everyone with his ambition to build a city with one million people on Mars by 2050, and he even boldly stated he is ready to lend money to anyone who wants to become a resident on Mars if they are financially insufficient. “We need to create opportunities like this so anyone can go if they want, we are ready to lend to them if customers don’t have enough money,” Musk wrote. “There will be many more jobs on Mars,” the founder of SpaceX added.
However, dreaming aside, Elon Musk remains quite realistic when he believes that to achieve this, he needs a whole fleet of ships to build a permanent settlement on Mars, because “we need to send millions of tons of goods into space“.
While it is known that Elon Musk’s ambition is to conquer space, the ambition to build a city on Mars with as many as one million residents seems a bit far-fetched. Not to mention, many people are also questioning Elon Musk’s sensational announcement, as they wonder what those who borrow money from this billionaire to go to Mars will do to earn money to pay off their debts. And no one knows what “many jobs on Mars” that Elon Musk refers to might be, but prices and consumer goods there will certainly not be cheap, as delivery must be done via spacecraft to transport goods from Earth.