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Imperator of Mars: Should humanity prioritise space or saving Earth?

Mr Musk is aware that the process of colonising Mars would involve a fleet of reusable spaceships, a substantial financial outlay that might never be recovered

Nasa introduces a new Mars drone design
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Atanu Biswas

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Elon Musk made his stage debut at a campaign rally alongside Donald Trump on October 5 at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rural farm showground. But did everyone notice the T-shirt peeking out from under his jacket? “Occupy Mars” was written there as a slogan.
 
Mr Musk’s SpaceX delayed its eighth Starship rocket test this week due to a booster problem. The world’s richest person is indeed a dream merchant. His SpaceX aims to put humans on Mars by 2026 and then build a self-sustaining city of a million inhabitants by 2050, perhaps under glass domes, as portrayed in James SA Corey’s
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