We need to go to Mars in the same sense as needing to ween ourselves off of fossil fuels in the 1800's. The harm of not investing in space travel is unknowable. Some later generation will thank us or damn us for paying whatever toll we pay now for their opportunity in the solar system.
We don’t and we’re not. It’s his biggest scam. He said in 2016 that he’d have people on Mars by 2025. And the media anointed him a genius. He’s not. Mars is a swindle.
It’s his latest scam to scam billions from taxpayers.
Musk claims he wants to have a backup for human civilization. People who know him say shit like "he wants to save the world, but only if he's the one to do it". In other words, his ego itches.
In practice, it's really scientifically valuable and has the potential for many good knock on effects
The question is "how are we gonna go about it?".
Musk does a lot of stupid shit with his rocket, damages NASA and is currently proving himself to be a really shitty potential colony leader.
Good news is, the answers he has to that big question aren't the only ones.
He doesn't want to get there for scientific reasons though. He only talk about colonisation (not realistic) not actual exploration with Antarctic style bases & such (realistic within a century from now, if very costly).
They'd need a crewed Starship variant, functioning prop transfer, at least partial reuse (which are all needed for the Moon too) and then ALL the things they'd actually wants to have on Mars and none of the latter is being worked on, really.
Yep! where's the long term life support part? Where's the life on Mars for months/ISRU parts?
SpaceX has always only worked on the transportation bit, and still chosen an extremely bad method for their intended goals (Starship is actually rubbish at anything past LEO)
No, a robot that couldn't even serve drinks on its own a few months ago would be fucking useless on another planet. No BW to stream video, 15 minute ping, no real autonomous functionality.
And i'm not even talking about the state of the rocket.
Hate to point out the obvious but when we can barely return 2 astronauts about 400 km above earth it’s simply nonsensical. And probably worth seeing how many people would like to live out the remainder of their life on a hypoxic arid life threatening piece of red rock #fleecing
"although he admitted 2031 is more likely" - this is Musk's confidence trick. He promises something outlandish, then concedes it might actually be something that's also outlandish.
"We'll be there in 4 years, but we have to be prepared to accept 6".
honestly I think part of his problem was that when he announced this, the scientific community responded with “no, probably not even in your lifetime bro” so I think he decided to fuck up this planet instead
How many years does it take to get to Mars??? At least 12 years! That would be 2037, you fking idiot!💯 Grow up MusKKK, you are a drug addicted, insane, brainless piece of 💩!👍 Please... 👉💥💥💥❌!🤷♂️
It is not out of the realm of possibilities that some human remains be at a Mars crash site in 2031 at that the mission is called Titan with the CEO on board...
Dude is just saying whatever to make himself look good. But I seriously hope he does put himself and all his Nazi buddies on Mars by 2031. That would be great for the rest of us.
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It’s his latest scam to scam billions from taxpayers.
In practice, it's really scientifically valuable and has the potential for many good knock on effects
Musk does a lot of stupid shit with his rocket, damages NASA and is currently proving himself to be a really shitty potential colony leader.
Good news is, the answers he has to that big question aren't the only ones.
SpaceX has always only worked on the transportation bit, and still chosen an extremely bad method for their intended goals (Starship is actually rubbish at anything past LEO)
They aren't going to Mars
No, a robot that couldn't even serve drinks on its own a few months ago would be fucking useless on another planet. No BW to stream video, 15 minute ping, no real autonomous functionality.
And i'm not even talking about the state of the rocket.
"We'll be there in 4 years, but we have to be prepared to accept 6".
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Wonder if his family gets to sue when the ship inevitably explodes soon after launch.
it’d be like trying to offroad in a yugo.
FAA should require Musk to be on the next flight.
Precondition to get clearance for further rocket launches.
And the big Q is, who is paying for it? Government funding?
What do we get back for all this tax payers money? Elon getting to have a "ain't I'm a big clever boy" wank?