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> Musk is hellbent to go to Mars. He's hellbent on building Starship I think, but Mars? I don't see it. He's invested a lot of time and money into building a
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> Musk is hellbent to go to Mars.
He's hellbent on building Starship I think, but Mars? I don't see it. He's invested a lot of time and money into building a booster that will excel at putting satellites into orbit for Starlink and DoD contracts. But how much has he invested in Mars colony habitat technology? Virtually nothing.
Starship is a satellite launcher, not a Mars rocket. The Mars talk is a recruiting tactic.
- credit_guy 4y agoYou have a point, but in the end it doesn't matter. If you can bring 100 tons of cargo in Low Earth Orbit and refuel there, then a Moon mission is easy enough for a VC-funded startup to put together. Musk will be more than happy to sell ride tickets on his Starship.