Elon Musk warns of extinction and will send a mission to save Earth in a week’s time

The head of SpaceX spoke about the information that appears in the media from time to time about asteroid flights, including the famous 99942 Apophis, which will threaten us in 10 years, and we are completely defenseless against it.

Elon Musk once again warned humanity about the threat of cosmic rocks that could lead humanity to the brink of extinction. He referred here to the history of our planet, in which many times there were great extinctions of various species, due to the cosmic rocks.

The billionaire called on governments to take a serious look at this threat and to allocate funds as soon as possible to the development of effective technology to neutralize asteroids so that mankind can feel safe. In addition to ways to protect humanity, Musk also proposes to protect us by making humanity an interplanetary civilization.

It is about building the first bases, and then cities on the Moon or Mars. They will allow parts of humanity to survive in the event of a global catastrophe and will later facilitate the rebuilding of cities on Earth. Our entire legacy could also be recorded on special media and hidden somewhere in caves on foreign worlds.

Although the plans of Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos are more reminiscent of science fiction movie scripts than reality, it is better to prepare plans and start implementing them than to sit with your arms folded and wait for a cosmic rock to fall on your head, as it was during the reign of Dinosaur land.

Elon Musk is concerned not only with cosmic rocks but also with global warming and climate change. The billionaire admitted that our planet may become uninhabitable in the near future. It is quite likely that it will happen sooner than we think. Therefore, also, for this reason, we should start seriously thinking about securing ourselves in the form of extraterrestrial colonies.

The head of SpaceX does a lot on this topic and does not throw words into the wind. He would like to start this historic endeavor now. In a week’s time, its Falcon-9 rocket will launch a DART mission into space, in which NASA plans to crash into an asteroid with a spacecraft. This is to see if it is possible to neutralize the cosmic rock with a kinetic impact. In the future, the use of nuclear weapons will come into play.

The next step in securing humanity will be the return to the moon, which Musk wants to make in 2025 with the Starship ship. By 2030, the first manned flight to Mars will take place. In the meantime, we should send more missions, thanks to which we will be able to test technologies for neutralizing asteroids.