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             Elon Musk: Nuking Mars Could Pave Way for Colonization

   by VOA News

   Entrepreneur Elon Musk wants to drop thermonuclear weapons on Mars,
   something he says will help quickly make the red planet fit for human
   life.

   The CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX made the remarks Wednesday on The
   Late Show with Stephen Colbert, calling Mars "a fixer-upper of a
   planet."

   Musk said dropping atom bombs on Mars' poles would be the fastest way
   to warm the planet, paving the way for possible human colonization. The
   slower way, he said, would be to pump the thin atmosphere with
   greenhouse gases.

   Colbert, who began hosting the late night talk show this week - taking
   over from David Letterman who retired - jokingly called Musk a
   "supervillain."

   "Superman doesn't say 'let's drop nuclear bombs.' That's Lex Luthor,
   man," Colbert added.

   Watch the interview below:
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