Elon Musk and his flawed idea of going to Mars to save humanity – Part 2

As I’m going through my old writings, I rediscovered this short piece that I wrote back in 2017. It was my reaction to some of Elon Musk’s claims back then about going to Mars to save humanity. I’m somehow surprised by how little this piece has aged and how relevant it still is today.

Unfortunately, not much has changed since 2017—except maybe that Elon’s vision of going to Mars, and many other claims, seems somehow more like business-driven market manipulation rather than an actual serious endeavour to go to Mars to save mankind.

About the author

Martin Tutko is a product designer by trade and a part-time philosopher by hobby. Thinking, researching and doing design since 1998. And as of 2023 also sharing and writing about some of my experiences as a product designer 🧑🏻‍💻🌟