Elon Musk's Insane Idea to Get 1 Million People on Mars by 2050

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[kimmyjohnny]

“67 Toyota Corollas.”

*Shows a Generation 2 Prius*

[KevAlberta]

“Our favorite reference on this channel... the Toyota Corolla” shows Toyota Prius

[jarodhara]

"67 Toyota Corollas" shows a Toyota Prius

HOW DARE!

[nomorok]

Elon is way better at marketing than anything else. The fact that he managed to sell the concept of the hyperloop baffles me to this day.

[devFedake]

3:08 while it's true that mars orbit is slightly more eccentric than earth's, it is not the reason for ever changing distances between the planets, that's just the effect of difference in orbital periods which is caused by differences in semi-major axes of the orbits and not their eccentricities

[thomasdoconnor]

Imagine watching 1000 rockets launch simultaneously

[syklas]

2:09 “can carry up to 60 Toyota corollas”

Films Toyota Prius

[IBradFrazer]

I think Elon is rushing everything because he is already 49 years old and will be 78 in 2050, and obviously wants to be alive to see his dream come true.

[crisp-cornflake]

Jesus Christ just realized we’re closer to 2050 than 1990. What the fuck

[Murdrocks]

... but what if the people sent to mars birthed a bunch of babies there? Then you would not need all those rockets and resorces.

[mademan]

When you realise that we will be in 2050 in just 29 years, not 50 years.

[bulb]

This is the modern day equivalent of “there’ll be flying cars in 2000”

[tichondrius]

I'll come back in 29 years to see how this has aged.

[krayse]

Kinda funny how Bruno “Mars”, NASA, and Elon Musk are beside each other in twitter popularity.

[jonathanwilliams]

Even if Mars’s orbit wasn’t eccentric the distances would still vary greatly because it’s the different angular speeds and not eccentricity that cause the change
Eccentricity’s effect is negligible in comparison

[dmgszn]

Imagine being born on Mars and living your entire life on the planet...

[josephblanc]

The distance between earth and mars has nothing to do with eccentricity. It's the fact that the orbits aren't synchronized

[maezaranimations]

when you realise we're closer to 2050 than we are to 1990

[JevinJohnson-CloudShift]

"will take 10.5 football-field-sized solar pannels"
but can be easily generated with a small nuclear reactor.

[jrjubach]

The surface of Mars is so incredibly inhospitable, it'll be difficult just to exist there until we are able to terraform the place. It would be easier to colonize even the harshest environments on Earth than it would to colonize any part of Mars. The first people on Mars will undoubtedly have to live underground, and they will constantly be worried about long term negative physiological effects of the difference in radiation exposure, gravity, and atmosphere.