Why Scientists Think Elon Musk's Mars Idea is Terrible

Tesla and SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, seems to think he has all the answers for the future survival of humanity, and his bright idea involves nuking Mars. Check out today's insane new video to learn why this isn't such a smart plan after all.

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[disgustedcharlie]

This is why aliens dont mess with us. Always tryna blow stuff up even if it's not our own planet

[themaster]

"Nukes are too weak, we must shell it with asteroids" - Humans in a nutshell.

[ACT]

Another issue with the nuke mars plan is that unlike the dust of earth, the martain version called regolith, is highly abrasive and once airborn, it would make reaching the ground or to orbit if you're already on the surface, practically lethal to fly through until it had settled. Asteroids would increase this exponentially.

[ThePanMan]

I dont like Neil Degrasse Tyson too much but he made a great point of this. No matter what you'll have to do to terraform mars, it is so much easier to just fix this planet.

[TheGrindcorps]

Not Elons idea . I don’t know who first came up with it but I first heard it over 20 years ago as a kid. Probably a lot of people have independently thought of it. People also have thought of nuking moon, asteroids and even Jupiter’s red spot…

[theCodyReeder]

8:05 a few mm. Seriously? That’s like saying if my umbrella was an atoms with from vertical it would not protect against rain.

[unfixablegop]

Since it would take thousands of years with current technology to terraform mars, we might as well forget about it for the time being and concentrate on not ending earth.

[mitchmckenzie]

The other issue is the atmospheric pressure. We’re built to live off of about 20.5% oxygen at 14.7 psi, the lowest we can even stay conscious is about 18%.
The atmospheric pressure on the surface of Mars is about .095 psi, that’s roughly .065% of ours. Even if the atmosphere was 100% oxygen, the pressure would have to increase by almost 25 times just for the partial pressure of O2 to reach the equivalent of 16% at our sea level, the bare minimum to survive.
It would have to increase by almost 28 times to get the oxygen levels high enough to stay conscious. And these are absolute bare minimums, with absolutely nothing but oxygen in the air. With an atmosphere similar to ours, it would require a pressure increase of around 140 times what it currently is.
Crashing asteroids into the planet would help with that by increasing the overall mass of the planet, but I have a feeling that it would require a ridiculous amount of them to effect the gravity enough to reach those numbers.

[TXHEN]

Can we take a moment to appreciate this miracle that is our Earth tho?!

[josefnagy]

Taking good care of the Earth is better than waste resources on idiotic ideas for Mars

[Coke_Cain]

Will the products made from those factories have 'Made in Mars' written on them?

[LegendaryFenrir]

Future martians: why are we so in debt to the earthlings?
Earth: do you know how much it cost us to bombard your planet with asteroids?

[peterxiao]

I am really scared of what humans are capable of

[talonflame_brawlstars.]

It’s quite odd how many of us humans have jumped to the expensive and wacky idea of living on another planet, when we could put more resources towards staying on our OWN...

[FosterBaba]

I remember hearing about this interplanetary swarm idea. Kinda like drone light shows but for planets. And they are solar powered with a way to redirect that energy. Just a concept, but if it had multiple uses, that would be useful. Maybe something easy to fix (as possible) so it can stay in space once deployed, more so than even satélites

[esho]

Since I was a little kid I’ve always been obsessed with Space. Always knew I’d get to see people go to mars. I’m 30 now and honestly I wonder if I’ll see it in my lifetime. The feats required to pull it off are insane. Just the time getting to and from is crazy. Unless there are breakthroughs in propulsion technology I don’t see it happening for a good while

[ClassicAutoRescues]

Please give the narrator a contract extension for eternity with infinite money. His voice is calming and soothing. I preferred his voice way more than when they used to have the other guy a few years back. This guy talking makes me want to watch the videos more. Thank you infographics show for providing and informative and entertaining channel.

[Heavykey]

I’ve been watching a lot of kurzgachet and infographics show and I think I’ve been feeling my brain getting bigger

[BamBamSubscribe]

they also need to teach this to kids in schools. i’m 22 learning this on my own. and a maintenance technician at tesla

[jgbdseu]

Thermonuclear doesn't have near the fallout of a regular fission bomb. Small fission reaction explodes to start a fusion reaction. Way bigger bang for a much less radiation.