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SpaceX and Elon Musk promise to have people on Mars by 2026. Can’t we just pack a shovel and a FedEx box on that mission? NASA’s plan is for landing another rob
by gregjor 5y ago
SpaceX and Elon Musk promise to have people on Mars by 2026. Can’t we just pack a shovel and a FedEx box on that mission? NASA’s plan is for landing another robot in 2028 and getting samples back by 2030. Aren’t they paying attention? SpaceX will have thousands of colonists there before NASA lands a probe.
- taubek 5y agoMaybe it is a back plan or they don't want to depend only on SpaceX?
- gregjor 5y agoI forgot the /s. Chances SpaceX will get people to Mars in 2026, or ever for that matter, are so close to zero it’s a near-impossibility. Look up the Common Sense Skeptic videos on YouTube to see why the SpaceX Mars plan can’t work as described. (Hint: science)
- taubek 5y agoThanks. I'll look it up. Do you think that humans will go back to the Moon in next few years?
- gregjor 5y agoNASA has a plan for that, subject to the usual constraints of politics and money, along with science and engineering. At least they’ve done it before, and aren’t trying to prop up one failing company with another. https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
- sschueller 5y agoHow many people will not get that you are being sarcastic? :-)
- taubek 5y agoI, didn't get it :)