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"Our aspirational goal is to send our first cargo mission to Mars in 2022. The objectives for the first mission will be to confirm water resources, identify haz
by hirundo 7y ago
"Our aspirational goal is to send our first cargo mission to Mars in 2022. The objectives for the first mission will be to confirm water resources, identify hazards, and put in place initial power, mining, and life support infrastructure. A second mission, with both cargo and crew, is targeted for 2024" -- spacex.com/mars
Maybe NASA should book space for a biologist on that flight. A botanist would do.
- dwoozle 7y agoDo you really need a botanist on board? I would think you need space travel / survival / engineering hands on deck who then gather samples and bring them back. A botanist isn’t going to be able to do much on Mars that she can’t do on Earth.
- tootie 7y agoA botanist was the protagonist of The Martian.
- dwoozle 7y agoThat’s fiction...
- jorvi 7y agoAnd an antagonist on the TV series 'Mars'!
- ksaj 7y agoI'm guessing that means we're hopelessly off topic by now. Kinda like Reddit, but slower and less pathetic.
- mch82 7y agoExactly! There’s only one option in the face of overwhelming odds :-) https://youtu.be/BABM3EUo990 https://youtu.be/BABM3EUo990
- currydove 7y agoThe reference above is to the book "The Martian" by Andy Weir. Also a movie starring Matt Damon. Good read. Highly recommend! Xkcd reference that got me to read it: https://xkcd.com/1536/ https://xkcd.com/1536/
- sheeshkebab 7y agoI disagree. I watched a movie.
- viburnum 7y agoI know that Musk knows he’s lying. I feel so sorry for his fans.
- hanniabu 7y agoHe's not lying, he's ambitious.