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This is why I like to draw a distinction between space exploration and space colonization. The former is definitely within the realm of possibility, using exist
by cstross 7y ago
This is why I like to draw a distinction between space exploration and space colonization. The former is definitely within the realm of possibility, using existing technology (never mind the Superheavy/Starship system).
But Musk, with his talk of a self-sufficient city, is clearly targeting the latter, and there are a whole lot of details we haven't worked out.
- carapace 7y agoIt's one of those things, robots are much less romantic than astronauts, but they make so much more sense it's not even a contest. I wonder how starry-eyed Elon Musk really is in re: Mars colonization? I know for myself that it was hard to admit robots make more sense (at least at first).