> Someone in his position could do so many things on our little blue dot itself to help those in need So all the hand-wringing about the inhospitality of Mars

> Someone in his position could do so many things on our little blue dot itself to help those in need So all the hand-wringing about the inhospitality of Mars is just fluff, this is really the gist of the article. The "fault" of Musk is not that he is pushing humans to Mars but that he is not "helping those in need", whatever that means. Are people like Bezos, Ellison, Cook, Zuckerberg, Page, Brin etc (arguably group who are more in position to help) really "helping those in need" so much more that Musk deserves to be singled out, just because he doesn't use his wealth buying frivolous tropical islands but is executing his vision (misguided or not)?