# Elon Musk says 2026 for humans on Mars. Can any Government stop this madness **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-says-2026-for-humans-on-mars-can-any-government-stop-this-madness/939972 "2021-04-14T14:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-says-2026-for-humans-on-mars-can-any-government-stop-this-madness/939972/182 "2021-04-27T11:26:12Z")
I assume they’re not telling everything. Ok? I am going to be optimistic! It will happen maybe later, maybe sooner. I’m assuming Japan, China, Russia, Canada, USA It’s a race to be the first! Enjoy… > **[Topic: Space Mining](https://www.statista.com/topics/3279/space-mining/)** > > Find the most important statistics and facts on space mining ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-says-2026-for-humans-on-mars-can-any-government-stop-this-madness/939972/183 "2021-04-27T11:48:09Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Now that’s just a trivially easy problem to solve. Simply recruit a bunch of nonagenarians for your crew! I know at least one octogenarian who has volunteered for a one-way trip to Mars. [And she’s more than qualified](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova). ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-says-2026-for-humans-on-mars-can-any-government-stop-this-madness/939972/184 "2021-04-27T12:50:02Z")
There is at least one major (major in the sense of world renown in their narrow focus not large) college that has [developed graduate degrees](https://space.mines.edu/) in space mining so there are at least people working on the problems. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-says-2026-for-humans-on-mars-can-any-government-stop-this-madness/939972/185 "2021-04-27T15:04:41Z")
> [@shh1313](#): > > I have a feeling NASA won’t be worried about their budget. Read this thread. > [@Expensive asteroid found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expensive-asteroid-found/924482): > > Worth $10,000 quadrillion almost as much as Jeff Bezos slight_smile ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-says-2026-for-humans-on-mars-can-any-government-stop-this-madness/939972/186 "2021-04-27T15:22:43Z")
> [@shh1313](#): > > SpaceX is currently developing the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) GreenWyvern covered the silliness of the people claiming that we will build an antimatter rocket at any time in the forseeable future–I’ll cover this: Give it up, Elon–nobody believes that you mean for the “F” to be “Falcon” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-says-2026-for-humans-on-mars-can-any-government-stop-this-madness/939972.md?page=9)