MOSCOW, May 12. / TASS /. Billionaire and SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk needs to destroy the Martian pole caps to destroy the planet through the release of carbon dioxide, launching more than 10,000 nuclear warheads, director says Russian spacecraft Roscosmos Executive Director for Science and Long-Term Programs Alexander Bloshenko in an interview with TASS.
“If they are analyzed, some plans put forward by SpaceX cannot be implemented taking into account the short-term technological developments. For example, for a thermonuclear explosion on the pole of Mars, one of SpaceX’s plans , to get meaningful results, more than 10,000 missile launches are needed that can carry the largest payloads and are being developed now, “he said.
Earlier, Musk proposed an ambitious idea to shape Mars by attacking the planet’s poles with a large number of nuclear weapons. According to the SpaceX CEO, the explosions release trapped carbon dioxide that makes up Martian “ice” caps. The emitted gas concentrates the planet’s atmosphere, affects greenhouse gas and ultimately raises Martian temperatures.
According to Roscomos ’executive director, humanity has no ability to influence Mars’ or Venus ’climate in any visible way.