Elon Musk has man's best interest at heart...

[tenderfoot]

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[Irish_Dem]

1. He means get the wealthy off the planet after they trash it.

[Dial H For Hero]

9. A handful of billionaires may go to Mars in the next fifty years, along with

(In the most optimistic of scenarios) hundreds of longterm colonists. No group is wealthy people will be leaving earth en mass for centuries.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes that would be the plan. Only a handful of the wealthiest and most elite.

[SergeStorms]

2. Given up on this planet, Elon?

Why not, it's not like there are any problems here on earth to tackle.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yep, he is stating that Earth can no longer preserve human life.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Yes well Elon your plan is fucking stupid (nt)

[Silent3]

5. *In the long term*, it's a great idea. But keeping this planet livable is MUCH more important...

...right now.

[hunter]

6. If he dies in space I won't shed a tear.

Ordinary biological humans are never going to have a significant presence in space beyond low earth orbit.

If this world civilization survives it's possible our intellectual children will expand out into the solar system as engineered creatures who can walk naked in harsh places like the surface of Mars.

Providing we humans are a good parent species maybe they'll take us along for the ride but we'll never be more than passengers, dogs riding in the car with our noses pressed against the windows.

[Midnight Writer]

7. They can make that money back in a week without lifting a finger.

They are like dogs eating pie. They will never get enough, and they don't want anyone else to get any.

[UTUSN]

8. Bwah!1 - thread title sounds like BOROWITZ!1

[ShazamIam]

11. Our billionaires think they are gods but look at the global supply chain, one of their projects, all

FUBAR and no end in sight.

[Johonny]

12. Who gives a crap about getting humanity to Mars?

[tenderfoot]

13. I need to know why no one has ask Musk about water sources on Mars or

how humanity is to survive sub-freezing surface temperatures or the energy needed for heating purposes.

[EX500rider]

15. Water:

Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere. ... More than 5 million km3 of ice have been detected at or near the surface of Mars, enough to cover the whole planet to a depth of 35 meters (115 ft).

[tenderfoot]

16. So they'll be able to get water from the vapor.

Will it be less expensive that desalinating seawater here on Earth?

[EX500rider]

17. Seems like the ice would be the place to start

[Dial H For Hero]

14. I do. I want to see humanity go not only to Mars but the rest of the Solar System

as well over the next few thousand years. The stars themselves, if possible.

[DavidDvorkin]

18. Yes.

[Johonny]

20. But we're there already dude

The unmanned missions are exploring the solar system and beyond right now.

[Dial H For Hero]

21. And they're wonderful. They go where we can't...yet. I would like to think that a century from now

there will be a robust human presence on Luna, Mars, and the Belt.

[Tanuki]

19. Yes, his goal obviously is to serve man