Once they get there, Musk wants to build out a self-sustaining, million-strong city on Mars by 2050.
But famed film director Herzog tells Inverse there is a massive flaw in the latter half of Musk's plan?In the interview, conducted earlier this month prior to the release of a new documentary on asteroids, Herzog also compares Musk's plan to the rise and collapse of communism and fascism in the 20th century.Another problem Herzog has with Musk's ambitions is to do with the plan to use the refuelable Starship to fly to Mars, set up a base and means to create more fuel, and then let the ships return home or venture out further by establishing bases along the way.While Musk's plan for a "multi-planetary species" is ambitious, Herzog is not convinced.
The same will happen to Musk's Mars city, Herzog predictsHerzog has discussed Musk's Mars ambitions with him beforeIn the 2016 documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, Herzog asked Musk during an interview for a "one-way ticket" to Mars, adding that "I'd be your candidate."