“The head of SpaceX suggested“ terraforming Mars ”by conducting a large series of thermonuclear explosions at the poles of the planet. It is unlikely to explode Mars, but the pretext for the withdrawal of outer space thermonuclear weapons is obvious. Apparently, the US is heading for the militarization of space, ”Rogozin wrote on Twitter.
Musk previously proposed creating the conditions for terrestrial life on Mars by conducting a large series of thermonuclear explosions at the poles of the planet. According to his idea, the frozen carbon dioxide, which make up the ice caps of the poles of Mars, will begin to evaporate. Gas will make the planet’s atmosphere denser and cause a greenhouse effect - the temperature on it will rise.
The executive director of Roscosmos for promising programs and science, Alexander Bloshenko, commenting on the idea of Mask, said in an interview with TASS that launching such a program requires launching at least 10 thousand rockets to the poles of Mars. The head of SpaceX himself reacted to the words of the representative of "Roskosmos" on Twitter as follows: "Not a problem."
Earlier, Rogozin said he did not want to combine the efforts of the Russian state corporation with the activities of SpaceX, Ilona Mask, because he works for the US Department of Defense, and the Starlink satellite communications group deployed by him will be used for military purposes.