Elon Musk's ambition to settle on Mars by 2050, what do experts say?

Elon Musk (CEO SpaceX) aims to build a city of millions of people on Mars by 2050, even though humans have never set foot on it. this planet. (Photo: NASA)

Serkan Saydam, an expert in space engineering, believes that colonizing Mars could happen by 2050, provided water from ice and minerals can be extracted for agriculture and energy. (Photo: India Today)

However, many scientists such as Louis Friedman and Rachael Seidler are skeptical, saying that colonizing Mars is "a bit far-fetched" and still has many technical challenges. (Photo: Business Insider)

China and NASA both plan to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s and 2040s, paving the way for permanent settlement. (Photo: Khaama Press)

Mars is not an ideal planet due to its 95% CO₂ atmosphere, average temperature of -60°C, and harmful radiation. (Photo: British Council)

Exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) may be friendlier, but their great distances make them difficult to reach. With current technology, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach the nearest exoplanet. (Photo: slate.com)

Frédéric Marin, an astrophysicist, hopes that future technology will reduce travel times to a few hundred years, but multigenerational interstellar travel still poses many psychological and social challenges. (Photo: Let's Talk Science)

Climate change and other threats on Earth could make humanity extinct before interstellar travel can take place, leaving colonization of extraterrestrial planets a distant dream. (Photo: Vecteezy)

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