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Elon Musk Shares SpaceX's Mars Colonization Plans Elon Musk recently detailed SpaceX's strategy for sending humans to Mars, highlighting two key elements: orbital refueling technology and creating a self-sustaining civilization. Orbital refilling would enable heavier payloads for interplanetary flights, while long-term settlements could make humanity multi-planetary. The presentation offered one of the most concrete timelines yet for crewed Mars missions, moving us closer to making human life on

What might a human habitat on the Moon or Mars look like? We challenged citizen inventors to create full-scale habitat designs using facets of 3D printing – including modeling software and material development. Tune in to see us put the structures to the test: 🔥 10 a.m. EDT smoke test will see if there are any cracks in the structures ⬇️11 a.m. EDT impact test will attempt to crack the habitats by dropping shot puts on them from above 🚧 2 p.m. EDT crush test will attempt to crush the habitats