Can Elon Musk Accomplish This One Great Achievement?
Only Time Will Tell...
Elon Musk’s biggest mission yet is to finally get mankind to the planet Mars and colonize it.
He may distinguish himself as a Superman if he can colonize Mars.
WHAT IS A SUPERMAN?
The 19th century German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche defined Supermen as people who are very rare individuals that thrust humanity to the next higher level of our existence. Nietzsche only considered very few men in history to have accomplished massive feats to be called Supermen, such as Ceasar and Napoleon. In the modern-era, Elon Musk may be considered a Superman as well if he can accomplish his most ambitious goal of colonizing the moon and Mars.
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TESLA, INC.
Elon Musk began his momentum into becoming a global superstar in 2004 when he became a co-founder into Tesla, Inc., an automotive and clean energy company. In 2008, he became the CEO of Tesla, Inc. As one of the top 10 most valuable companies in the world, Elon Musk’s leadership and mission with Tesla, Inc. has allowed for clean energy automobiles to be mass produced.
What was once only a luxury for very wealthy people, has now been opened up more and more for the average person in the automobile market. The exciting part about Tesla automobiles for most people is that the vehicle tackles the global warming problem by reducing fossil fuel usage. Tesla automobiles operate off of electricity rather than combustible engines which require fossil fuels, ie. gasoline. Electric automobiles are viewed as the future of the industry with Elon Musk leading the charge.
MISSION MARS
SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2004 with a goal to reduce the costs of space travel and to colonize the moon Mars. SpaceX has successfully launched and landed rockets into space hundreds of times at this point. Elon Musk has been able to accomplish his first goal of space exploration by reducing the costs of space travel:
The Falcon 9 has already launched NASA astronauts into to orbit and sent two astronauts to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020:
Accomplishing these goals are needed for him to complete his most ambitious goal of landing on the moon and Mars and setting up bases on them. Elon wants a million humans to inhabit Mars, be self-sufficient, and build a city on Mars, according Inverse.com. This is obviously a mission that would encompass rest of Elon’s life to accomplish. Elon wants to alter humanity to a multi-planet species. If Elon Musk accomplishes these space travel goals, he could probably be considered a Superman.
References:
Nietzsche, Friedrich (1889). Twilight of the Idols. Wordsworth Editions Limited.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 and Starship
SpaceX sends NASA astronauts on historic trip to space station (geekwire.com)
SpaceX Mars City: Why, when, and how Elon Musk wants to build his ambitious plan (inverse.com)