3 ms·
This article is framing this in the context of hypothetical numbers that Elon threw out "to maintain sustainable trips to and from mars". We are nowhere, I emph
by martinky24 3y ago
This article is framing this in the context of hypothetical numbers that Elon threw out "to maintain sustainable trips to and from mars". We are nowhere, I emphasize NOWHERE, near having a colony on Mars. Literal decades away.
So the article (and its title) are built on a bit of a false premise.
- engineer_22 3y agoDecades away is rapidly approaching. Every Friday I wake up thinking "where did the time go?"
- chatmasta 3y ago2040 is as close as 2008.
- engineer_22 3y agoStop, I'm already feeling old.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- panick21_ 3y agoPretty optimistic timeline. Hopefully a base on Mars is decades away, that would be great. However its depends on when we start to call it colonization. If a base counts then yeah hopefully we are right. But Musk is correct that what they are doing now is gone be vital to make this happen in a couple decades. It takes a while to get those technologies not just tested but mass produced.