Human Population On Earth Decreases, Elon Musk Emphasizes The Importance Of Colonization Of Mars To Avoid Mass Extinction

JAKARTA – SpaceX boss, Elon Musk revealed the importance of space colonization in the next few years. The reason is, the human population on Earth is currently collapsing and experiencing a drastic decline. For this reason, he stressed the importance of space exploration and colonization of the closest planet to Earth, namely Mars.

SpaceX itself plans to send humans to Mars in 2024. But for no known reason, Elon Musk's company has postponed flights to Mars until before 2030.

Cited from SputnikNews, Elon Musk believes that Earth is currently facing a population collapse. Musk made the statement via Twitter in a comment on a Tesla fan post praising Musk's efforts to prevent the human population from declining.

He also explains that the human population is a bigger problem than most people think. Musk revealed that humanity needs to colonize the planet Mars to avoid the extinction of the human population in the future.

The Earth is currently facing a global pandemic that makes the world lost millions of lives. The pandemic has significantly reduced the human population.

In addition, declining global fertility rates are a major issue on Musk's mind. The reason is, the global fertility rate has reached 2.4 children per woman this year. This is a decline from the global fertility rate in 1950 where there were 4.7 children per woman. On the other hand, the United Nations also predicts that people aged 65 by 2050 could increase to 1.5 billion people.

In this case, Musk emphasized the importance of human survival in the future, especially the next generation. If you look at the current decline in global fertility rates, which means fewer childbirths, Elon Musk once again emphasizes the importance of new places to accommodate the human population in order to avoid mass extinctions that may occur in the future.