Elon Musk: Is his Mars Shot impossible or inspired?
 

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. 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” 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.

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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...

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