Elon Musk who wants to send a rocket to Mars by 2026 plays himself as the Space X founder on SNL

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Elon Musk and Miley Cyrus joined forces for one in all the extra amusing skits on this weekend’s Saturday Night time Dwell broadcast with the pair showing in a Mars-themed sketch.

The celestial story befell on a SpaceX based colony on Mars, someday in the close to future.

It noticed the colony, based mostly on the crimson planet operating into hassle with the occupants on the lookout for a hero who might save them and change the oxygen provide again on after it was knocked out throughout a photo voltaic storm.

The sketch befell on a SpaceX station on Mars in the supposed close to future, when a human colony there bumped into hassle as the oxygen started to run out

The skit featured Pete Davidson's fan-favorite character Chad

The skit featured Pete Davidson’s fan-favorite character Chad

Enter Saturday Night time Dwell’s Pete Davidson as fan-favorite character, happy-go-lucky Chad, as the unlikely hero.    

In actual life, Musk, the founder, CEO, CTO, and chief designer of SpaceX has plans to send astronauts to Mars inside the subsequent 4 years.

In the sketch, Elon performed himself, speaking with the colony which was operating out of air after experiencing a photo voltaic storm.

So as to change the air again one, Chad volunteered to assist, although it could imply sure demise.

‘So there are nonetheless heroes in the this world!’ Musk stated to Chad. ‘Hiya who am I talking with? That is Elon Musk.’

‘Who?’ got here the reply, deadpan from Chad. 

Pictures, left to right, Mikey Day, host Elon Musk, Chris Redd, and Melissa Villasenor during the "Chad on Mars" sketch in which Musk played himself

Photos, left to proper, Mikey Day, host Elon Musk, Chris Redd, and Melissa Villasenor throughout the ‘Chad on Mars’ sketch wherein Musk performed himself

Miley Cyrus played a compassionate resident of the Mars colony, who had a romantic connection with Chad and wanted to say goodbye

Miley Cyrus performed a compassionate resident of the Mars colony, who had a romantic reference to Chad and needed to say goodbye

After remarking that she would 'always cherish what we've had together,' Cyrus added, 'Oh, God, I wish we could make love just one last time'

After remarking that she would ‘all the time cherish what we have had collectively,’ Cyrus added, ‘Oh, God, I want we might make love only one final time’

Pete Davidson as Chad during the "Chad on Mars" sketch on Saturday

Pete Davidson as Chad throughout the ‘Chad on Mars’ sketch on Saturday

‘Chad, I need you to perceive you will not survive this mission,’ defined Musk.

‘Okay,’ replied a chill Chad. 

Miley Cyrus payed a compassionate resident of the Mars colony who had a romantic reference to Chad and needed to say goodbye.

‘Chad! I am going to all the time cherish what we have had collectively,’ her character exclaimed, to which Chad merely replied, ‘Okay.’

After remarking that she would ‘all the time cherish what we have had collectively,’ Cyrus added, ‘Oh, god, I want we might make love only one final time.’ 

The digital camera then lower to Chad fully bare, earlier than including shortly, ‘However we won’t.’

Musical guest Miley Cyrus is picture during the Chad on Mars sketch

Musical visitor Miley Cyrus is image throughout the Chad on Mars sketch

When Miley Cyrus informed him she was pregnant and that he was the father, Chad said 'No thank you' and sealed the airlock, preferring the hostile Martian environment to fatherhood

When Miley Cyrus knowledgeable him she was pregnant and that he was the father, Chad stated ‘No thanks’ and sealed the airlock, preferring the hostile Martian surroundings to fatherhood

When Musk tells him to give them a better look at his face, Chad starts to take his helmet off, causing him to explode in images that get broadcast to Earth

When Musk tells him to give them a higher have a look at his face, Chad begins to take his helmet off, inflicting him to explode in photos that get broadcast to Earth

Then, Chad was abruptly again in his spacesuit.

Cyrus then knowledgeable him she was pregnant and that he was the father. 

‘No thanks’ Chad replied, shortly sealed the airlock and his destiny as he selected the deadly Martian surroundings to fatherhood.  

After switching on the oxygen, the sketch then took a macabre flip as Chad mistakenly took off his helmet in the hostile Martian environment – and his head exploded. The gory photos have been broadcast round the globe.   

In actual life, Musk has talked about his plans of taking people to Mars for a whereas with the SpaceX all the time being very vocal about his Martian ambitions. 

In November final 12 months, Musk who talked about ‘colonizing Mars’ a number of occasions, introduced that he wants to make his personal legal guidelines on the crimson planet.

Mikey Day and host Elon Musk are pictures during the sketch

Mikey Day and host Elon Musk are photos throughout the sketch

Chad is able to turn the air back on, and Elon Musk along with everybody back on Earth cheer him before putting a video feed of his face on screens across the globe

Chad is in a position to flip the air again on, and Elon Musk together with all people again on Earth cheer him earlier than placing a video feed of his face on screens throughout the globe

Final week, Musk additional pushed his Mars agenda with two tweets. ‘Make humanity a multiplanet species!’ stated one, whereas the different wanted extra than simply scientific backing – he needed public assist. ‘Public assist for all times on Mars is vital to making it occur,’ he wrote.

In his opening monologue on Saturday’s present, the eccentric tech entrepreneur provided a proof for a few of his previous eyebrow-raising conduct.

‘Look, I do know I say or publish unusual issues however that is simply how my mind works. To anybody I’ve offended I simply need to say, I reinvented electrical automobiles and I am sending individuals to Mars in a rocket ship,’ he stated. ‘Did you assume I used to be additionally going to be a chill, regular dude?’

Last week, Musk further pushed his Mars agenda with two tweets

Final week, Musk additional pushed his Mars agenda with two tweets

For the first time in SNL’s 46-year historical past, the episode that includes Musk aired stay internationally on YouTube in additional than 100 international locations.    

‘SNL is a international phenomenon and this livestream marks the first time audiences round the world will expertise the present concurrently together with the US,’ Frances Berwick, chairman of NBCU’s leisure networks, stated in a assertion.

‘It is extremely thrilling to create this worldwide occasion with host Elon Musk and musical visitor Miley Cyrus,’ he added. 

The casting selection introduced criticism from these who felt the present was celebrating a man for his exorbitant wealth in a time of nice inequality and a man who unfold misinformation to his large Twitter following as he downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic final 12 months. 

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