June 27, 2018
Elon Musk says a new study about aliens gives humans even more reason to colonize other planets. Elon Musk says we need to colonize space because we may be the only intelligent civilization. His comments were inspired by a draft study from Oxford University researchers that looks at the Drake equation, a formula that explores the possibility of other intelligent alien life in our galaxy. The research suggests there's a 41% chance we're alone in the Milky Way and a 32% chance we're alone in the visible universe — and those are the optimistic numbers.
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lon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has long proselytized for the cause of interplanetary colonization.
If Earth gets whacked by a giant space rock, a cataclysmic solar storm cripples electronics, or we cleanse ourselves of the planet in nuclear fire (accidentally or otherwise), it could help to have a backup civilization on a world like Mars.
To that end, SpaceX has rallied thousands of employees to design and build a next-generation spaceship, the Big Falcon Rocket, capable of ferrying 100 people and 150 tons of cargo to the red planet.
Now, researchers at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute have given Musk even more reason to preach his cosmic gospel: A draft of a new study suggests there's a roughly 2-in-5 chance we're alone in our galaxy and a 1-in-3 chance we're alone in the entire cosmos.
https://www.businessinsider.com/fermi-paradox-drake-equation-aliens-elon-musk-2018-6?r=US&IR=T