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http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13178056/boeing-ceo-mars-colony-rocket-spacex-elon-musk
Boeing's CEO says his company will be the first to put a man on Mars:
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is aiming to start a Martian colony within the next decade, but another rival CEO says his company will actually be the one to put humans on the Red Planet first. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg recently answered questions at the "Whats Next" tech conference in Chicago, and when asked about the future of his company, he focused on breakthroughs in space travel. "I'm convinced that the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive there riding on a Boeing rocket," said Muilenburg, according to Bloomberg.
[...] Currently, Boeing is designing and developing the Space Launch System, the massive rocket that NASA wants to use to send people to Mars. So when Muilenburg says the first people will get to the planet with a Boeing rocket, he's most likely referring to the SLS.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 08 2016, @04:30AM
But at the end of it all, you'll get to live and work on a desolate planet with little to do, no close contact with most of your loved ones, big duststorms, no breathable atmosphere, and no hot natives. At least your lardass will only weigh 38% as much as on Earth.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday October 08 2016, @01:17PM
you'll get to live and work on a desolate planet with little to do
This says more about your creativity than anything to do with Mars. I see this in my job(s) at Yellowstone. Some people are always out and about, exploring some new part of Yellowstone. And other people are getting drunk every night because they can't think of anything better to do.