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Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars

posted by Fnord666 on Monday November 26 2018, @10:43PM   
from the don't-forget-to-say-goodbye dept.

martyb writes:

Elon Musk Says There's a '70 Percent' Chance He'll Move to Mars:

Elon Musk has talked about personally heading to Mars before, but how likely is he to make the trip, really? Well, he just put a number on it. In an interview for the Axios on HBO documentary series, Musk said there was a "70 percent" chance he'll go to Mars. There have been a "recent number of breakthroughs" that have made it possible, he said. And as he hinted before, it'd likely be a one-way trip -- he expects to "move there."

The executive also rejected the idea that traveling to Mars could be an "escape hatch for the rich" in its current form. He noted that an ad for going to Mars would be "like Shackleton's ad for going to the Antarctic," which (though likely not real) made clear how dangerous and the South Pole journey was. Even if you make it to Mars, you'll spend all your time building the base and struggling to survive harsh conditions, Musk said. And while it might be possible to come back, it's far from guaranteed. As with climbing Everest, Musk believes it's all about the "challenge."

The interview is available on YouTube.

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• Re:Just like climbing everest Re:Just like climbing everest (Score: 3, Informative) by suburbanitemediocrity on Tuesday November 27 2018, @01:20AM (4 children)

  by suburbanitemediocrity (6844) on Tuesday November 27 2018, @01:20AM (#766737)

  what spot on Earth is perfectly self-sustaining without any need for economic inputs from the rest of the world

  Many many places. Most places on Earth in fact. Even aboriginal Australia and northern Canada had long term self sustaining groups with little to no external trade.

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• Re:Just like climbing everest Re:Just like climbing everest (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 27 2018, @01:43AM (3 children)

  by khallow (3766) on Tuesday November 27 2018, @01:43AM (#766749) Journal

  "Had".

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  • Re:Just like climbing everest (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday November 27 2018, @05:29AM

    by c0lo (156) on Tuesday November 27 2018, @05:29AM (#766825) Journal

    They still can do it, if left alone.

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  • Re:Just like climbing everest Re:Just like climbing everest (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @07:14AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @07:14AM (#766845)

    Yah, "had" because it turns out iff you show up with a NorthMart and kill all the caribou and sell them booze out the ear, people get onto that teat.

    Economic and cultural slavery, in this instance, is still slavery.

    Those living conditions could recur again if you know, we don't kill all the whales and cariboo.

    Now get the fuck off my lawn, invader.

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    • Re:Just like climbing everest (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 27 2018, @10:03AM

      by khallow (3766) on Tuesday November 27 2018, @10:03AM (#766870) Journal

      Economic and cultural slavery, in this instance, is still slavery.

      Except that the adjectives indicate otherwise. It's interesting how often people bring up these false equivalences.

      Those living conditions could recur again if you know, we don't kill all the whales and cariboo.

      I'm not killing them. Go bug the people who actually are doing that.

      Now get the fuck off my lawn, invader.

      Too late for that. I'm just as native to my region as you are to yours.

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