We Simply Won ’ t Go To Mars Without Digital Health

“It’s 2017, we should have a lunar base by now,” noted Elon Musk when he revealed his grandiose plans about going to Mars in at least five years. “What the hell is going on?”, he asked clearly not being satisfied with the current state of astronautics. However, I say, we should not only concentrate on the development of space technologies but devote more focus to advancing technologies to keep people well and alive on the Red Planet. Digital health opens amazing horizons there. That’s what I detailed in my paper in New Space. We’ll colonize Mars There are plans for human missions to Mars by the United States, China, and Russia by the 2030s, the 2040–2060, and the 2040–2045 timeframes, respectively. Private companies such as SpaceX also plan to bring people to Mars and eventually colonize it. Elon Musk repeatedly said he wants to build a spaceship able to bring humans to the Red Planet (the latest is called the Big F*king Rocket), and launch the first two vehicles by 2022. These would be cargo missions to the surface of Mars, to find water for future missions. Two years later, he already wants to launch four rockets, two with crews. According to Musk’s incredible vision, the BFR will transport one hundred people at a time to the surface of Mars. The huge rocket would have 40 cabins inside its payload area, enough to take one hundred people per flight to Mars. Passengers would be protected from incoming radiation in a solar storm shelter, while restau...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Future of Medicine Telemedicine astronautics digital health elon musk gc3 Healthcare Innovation mars NASA Personalized medicine space space travel SpaceX technology wearables Source Type: blogs