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Musk says humans can be on Mars in four years. Many laugh, but some see purpose
- dotcoma 2y agoSo, we will be on Mars before we get the long-promised “self-driving” Teslas ?
- markx2 2y agoLead from the front Mr Musk! We'll meet you there.
- peacechance 2y ago100% support this. Send all the billionaires to Mars. They're so smart they'll sort it all out!
- gus_massa 2y agoI always thought he wants to go to Mars and all the SpaceX company is a trick to collect enough money to pay his trip.
- chipdart 2y agoMusk says with a straight face that self-serving cars are 1 year away since the mid 2010s.
- more_corn 2y agoThat’d be interesting. I can think of ten difficult big engineering problems that haven’t been solved yet, but there’s always hope. I mean, there’s no ship yet. There’s a rocket and a plan, but the ship hasn’t been constructed. The ship has to be refueled in earth orbit so there needs to be a gas station which hasn’t been constructed. And it needs fuel. Which isn’t up there yet. Also, there’s no mars habitat. There’s no fuel plant for anyone who wants to go home. There’s no plan, equipment or technology to account for the increased radiation. There no plan for the soil of mars being toxic. There’s no greenhouse or other way to grow or raise food. There’s no plant for oxygen and water generation. There are no mars rovers for getting around while exploring and doing construction. There is no heavy equipment for construction on mars. I suppose if the plan is to just get them there and declare victory, maybe? If you want them to live… it might take a bit longer. And those are just the big engineering problems. There are probably a hundred little problems in each of the above.
- rsynnott 2y agoThat would mean, essentially, launching in a bit over two years. Absolutely not gonna happen, not even for a suicide mission.
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- bigfatkitten 2y agoSo he thinks he'll be ready to go with a crewed mission either next month, or in Nov 2026?[1] He'll have a spacecraft, a crew and all the other logistics in place (including on Mars) before then? Sure thing, buddy. [1] https://trajbrowser.arc.nasa.gov/traj_browser.php?maxMag=25&maxOCC=0&chk_target_list=on&target_list=Mars&mission_class=oneway&mission_type=rendezvous&LD1=2024&LD2=2030&maxDT=240&DTunit=days&maxDV=7&min=DV&wdw_width=365&submit=Search#a_load_results&mission_type=rendezvous&LD1=2020&LD2=2030&maxDT=240&DTunit=days&maxDV=7&min=DV&wdw_width=-1&submit=Search#a_load_results https://trajbrowser.arc.nasa.gov/traj_browser.php?maxMag=25&...
- GGerome 2y agoNo life projet, only dark vision of his proper hallucinations.