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Elon has publicly stated that he wants to die on Mars. Considering that SpaceX has already launched a Tesla into an orbit that intersects that of Mars, it's not
by aspenmayer 2y ago
Elon has publicly stated that he wants to die on Mars. Considering that SpaceX has already launched a Tesla into an orbit that intersects that of Mars, it's not too farfetched to say that it's an attainable goal for him by EoL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster
- plorkyeran 2y agoThere's an implied part where there's some living on Mars first and his goal isn't just to die in a crash landing shortly before he was going to die to life support systems giving out. Merely getting to Mars is difficult but plausibly attainable within his lifespan, but that is likely to turn out to be the easy part.
- adastra22 2y agoPeople would pay money to go explicitly to take part in than challenge.
- rasz 2y ago>Elon has publicly stated that he wants to die on Mars. Will an inn called Mars do? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Twardowski#Legend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Twardowski#Legend
- tsimionescu 2y agoElon has publicly stated many things that were outright lies, and many more things that were extraordinarily optimistic timelines (FSD next year, hyperloop, starship earth to earth, extremely cheap tunnels, Covid respirators, etc). His public statements mean less than nothing overall.