On Tuesday at 2:30 EDT, Elon Musk will give an hour-long keynote speech at the International Astronautical Congress, titled ‘Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species.’
According to SpaceX, Musk’s speech will focus on“ the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars.” It’s likely Musk will provide some specific technical details of how SpaceX plans to reach and colonize Mars, and how the company will finance the project.
Some of the technical discussion will likely be a bit intricate. According to SpaceX, “The technical presentation will focus on potential architectures for sustaining humans on the Red Planet that industry, government and the scientific community can collaborate on in the years ahead.”
As TechCrunch points out, “SpaceX’s Mars ambitions are no secret, as Musk has been discussing settling the red planet since at least 2012. The initial plan would be to use 10 people to set up a colony that could eventually grow to as many as 80,000.”
You can watch the International Astronautical Congress 2016 livestream of Elon Musk's ‘Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species’ event below:
