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As a little kid at Space Camp in the late 80s/90s we would 'dream' about what a moon base or a mars base would look like. I grew up thinking that it would be so
by ChrisBland 9y ago
As a little kid at Space Camp in the late 80s/90s we would 'dream' about what a moon base or a mars base would look like. I grew up thinking that it would be something my grandchildren would see. To even have this as a possibility now is something I think few fathom how important it is. Amazon & Google may not matter in 100 years, (go back 100 years and look up who the biggest companies were and how long they lasted) but getting to another planet and colonizing is a step that will forever be in the books as one of the crowning achievements of humanity. I applaud Musk and all he is doing, if my skill set ever fit what SpaceX needed, I would join in a heartbeat.
- gervase 9y agoIf SpaceX is able to realize its ambitions, I think it could certainly be a modern-day East India Company [0,1], if not more influential. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company [1]: Some sources have estimated that, adjusted for inflation, the East India Company would have had an equivalent market cap of $7.6 trillion.