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I would think SpaceX isn't like most large, stable companies as their primary goal is the colonization of Mars.
by fuddle 8y ago
I would think SpaceX isn't like most large, stable companies as their primary goal is the colonization of Mars.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoFirst we need a self-sufficient Antarctic colony. Any takers?
- adrianN 8y agoWhen we establish a Mars colony it will probably take centuries before it's truly self-sufficient. I don't see the point of starting with a self sufficient colony on Earth, especially if the challenges are quite different from Mars.
- mnl 8y agoWell, those challenges are fairly trivial in comparison, so it'd probably be good training.
- sitkack 8y agoTake Mars, I am heading to Mercury.
- 14 8y agoWhat would you do when you got there? Thought it was sort of inhabitable for humans with such temperature swings.
- marktangotango 8y agoRead up on mercury, it’s tide locked one face to the sun, other side dark and cold. There’s dusk/sunrise zone that’s probably livable.
- grogers 8y agoMercury is 3:2 locked, it still has normal days (although they are longer than its year). The poles don't get direct sunlight though so they are frigid all the time.
- marktangotango 8y agoThanks! My information source is a little out of date it seems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Starr_and_the_Big_Sun_of_Mercury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Starr_and_the_Big_Sun_of...
- XorNot 8y agoThe Antarctic is actually heavily protected by treaties preventing colonisation and exploitation of resources. This all goes up for grabs when the treaties expire in a few decades and it's presently an environmental issue to try and get them resigned rather than have an oil rush there.
- turtlecloud 8y agoYes. Will be keeping an eye for the polar ice war over Antarctica
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- ATsch 8y agoIf you ask the PR department or look at the "About Us" section of any company, you'll find some fantastical story how they're improving humanity by earning millions doing whatever they do too.
- 7952 8y agoSure, but you get impression that spacex is actually serious about its mission, unlike most companies with those kind of pages.
- CryptoPunk 8y agoAffordable orbital and interplanetary transportation would massively improve the state of humanity.