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Granted, not all of Elon Musk's plans and statements sound equally brilliant.

Several times he has not only divided the world of the Internet, but also politics.

For example, when it comes to building the planned Tesla plant in Grünheide, Brandenburg.

Things seem to be going pretty smoothly with his space company SpaceX.

It was only in November of last year that it became the first private company to transport astronauts to the “International Space Station” (ISS).

But Musk has even more visionary plans: He wants to populate Mars as an alternative living space.

So far, all of this is still a long way off.

Nobody has set foot on the red planet, which is around 70 million kilometers away from us, until now.

A trip there would take a good nine months.

SpaceX wants to do it in 80 days.

A million Martians should be living there in a good 30 years.

A great challenge, because according to previous knowledge, Mars is not very life-friendly.

Nevertheless, Musk plans to build a society there - with infrastructure, food and jobs.

But before you get into more detail about how he envisions the future of working on Mars, here's a quick question for you:

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1000 new inhabitants for Mars per space flight

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In order to make the planet more or less habitable, Musk expressed the idea on his Twitter account to first attack Mars atomically so that the carbon dioxide trapped beneath the surface of the planet is released and warmed up, so that Mars becomes habitable for us.

However, studies have shown that there isn't nearly enough carbon dioxide beneath the Martian surface to cause the desired greenhouse effect.

Nevertheless, Musk is convinced that Mars will be habitable for us in the near future - and has already thought about how a society could live up there.

According to an article by “Business Insider”, the now richest man in the world is planning a special kind of colonization.

Because not only the super-rich should be able to treat themselves to a life on Mars.

People with less financial resources could take out a loan and simply pay off their debts with one of many jobs on the planet.

Working to even be allowed to live on Mars?

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Sounds a bit like an indirect forced labor camp for poor Martians, if you want to be angry.

Until the 19th century, it was also a common practice as bondage in Europe and the USA.

Therefore, there are some hurdles for the entrepreneur: So far, under international law, the Space Treaty of 1967 has applied. It states that the astronauts are bound by the laws of the country under whose flag they are traveling in space - analogous to international maritime law.

In the case of SpaceX, that would be the USA.

Contract bondage, also called indenture, was forbidden there as early as 1833.

Perhaps Mars will also have its own new constitution in 2050, which would allow for bondage again.

Oh, that sounds like a brave new world.