Elon Musk has volunteered to donate his sperm to help colonize Mars as SpaceX continues to work towards its goal of reaching the planet. Musk, 53, has told SpaceX employees over the last year to begin putting together the design and details of a city on Mars, according to a report in The News York Times . The plans include dome habitats for residents and spacesuits to protect against the conditions on Mars.
A medical team is also working to determine if residents could have children there. Musk has expressed an interest in creating his own species on the planet, the Times reported. Those plans could involve Musk using his sperm to help seed a colony.
However, people aren’t likely to land on Mars anytime soon. Musk has previously said that it could take anywhere from 40 to 100 years to form a self-sustaining civilization on the red planet. Still, he told employees in April that he expects one million people to be living on the planet in 20 years.
He is so committed to the plan that he has said that he intends to die on the planet. Musk has also said that he is only accumulating wealth for his Mars dream. The entrepreneur is worth $262bn and is expected to receive a $47bn pay package from Tesla this year.
“There’s high urgency to making life multi-planetary,” he reportedly said. “We’ve got to do it while civilization is so strong.” The Independent has contacted SpaceX for comment.
No human has ever been to Mars, and NASA had previously said that people won’t be .
