Former President Barack Obama criticized Silicon Valley leaders like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for their ambitions to colonize Mars, suggesting that efforts should instead focus on preserving Earth. During the 2024 POwR.Earth Summit in Paris, Obama argued that Earth would remain more habitable than Mars even after a nuclear war or severe climate change. He acknowledged the importance of space exploration for knowledge and discovery but expressed a preference for investing in the sustainability of our planet over relocating humanity to outer space. His comments came as Musk’s SpaceX prepared for another test of its Starship mega-rocket, central to Musk’s Mars colonization plans.
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