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09-29-2016, 05:06 AM
Elon Musk: Is his Mars Shot impossible or inspired?
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We **w k**w the full extent of SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk’s Mars colonization plan and his incredible Interplanetary Transport System (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/elon-musk-spacex-mars-settlement-plans/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). To be honest, it sounds insane.
As early as 2024, a group of Mars-bound interplanetary SpaceX astronauts will board a gigantic SpaceX spacecraft likely named “Heart of Gold (https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Douglas-Adams/dp/0345391802)” to rocket off to Mars, a place from which they may or may **t ever return. Musk’s hope, though, is that they stay on the barren red planet and build the infrastructure that will sustain future life.
SEE ALSO: Jeff Bezos just revealed his plans for Blue Origin's biggest rocket yet (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-bezos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Musk methodically ticked off the details of his radical plan on Tuesday at a special presentation, carefully outlining each component, checkpoint and hurdle. The scale of the undertaking is almost beyond comprehension; the virtually insurmountable hurdles from the realm of science fiction. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/28/elon-musk-mars-plan-analysis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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We **w k**w the full extent of SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk’s Mars colonization plan and his incredible Interplanetary Transport System (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/elon-musk-spacex-mars-settlement-plans/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). To be honest, it sounds insane.
As early as 2024, a group of Mars-bound interplanetary SpaceX astronauts will board a gigantic SpaceX spacecraft likely named “Heart of Gold (https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-Douglas-Adams/dp/0345391802)” to rocket off to Mars, a place from which they may or may **t ever return. Musk’s hope, though, is that they stay on the barren red planet and build the infrastructure that will sustain future life.
SEE ALSO: Jeff Bezos just revealed his plans for Blue Origin's biggest rocket yet (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-bezos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Musk methodically ticked off the details of his radical plan on Tuesday at a special presentation, carefully outlining each component, checkpoint and hurdle. The scale of the undertaking is almost beyond comprehension; the virtually insurmountable hurdles from the realm of science fiction. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/28/elon-musk-mars-plan-analysis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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