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"Would you go to Mars? I would. The first flight would be risky; if I felt comfortable that the company's mission will continue, that my kids have grown up, th
by swalsh 14y ago
"Would you go to Mars?
I would. The first flight would be risky; if I felt comfortable that the company's mission will continue, that my kids have grown up, then I'd be on the first mission."
I love that the risk of death only frightens him from a view point of responsibilities. As the father of his children, and apparently the father of humanities future in space.
- swalsh 14y agoMay I ask why I'm being downvoted here? What rule of HN did I violate?
- maxgaudin 14y agoNot sure. I was going to post this same quote to comment on it. I can only imagine what it must feel like to want to be the first man on Mars and actually have the ability to do it.
- RyanMcGreal 14y agoReminds me of the plot of Heinlein's The Man Who Sold The Moon, in which space-loving entrepreneur Delos D. Harriman builds a company big and capable enough to send a manned rocket to the moon, only to find out that his board of directors won't let him go.
- jessriedel 14y agoDownvotes aren't necessarily punishment; they mean "I want less of this on HN". It might just be that people don't think your comment contributes to the type of discussion they want to have.
- Florin_Andrei 14y agoTo quote from another interview with him: "It would be cool to be born on Earth, and die on Mars." (of old age, I assume)
- btilly 14y agoHe's repeated a number of variations of that quote. One of the better ones is, I want to die on Mars. Hopefully not on impact.
- writetoalok 14y ago> the risk of death only frightens him from a view point of responsibilities Which view point does death frighten you for?