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First SpaceX missions to Mars: “Dangerous and probably people will die”
As we get close to the end of September, when Elon Musk has promised to lay bare his plans for colonizing Mars at an international space conference, it seems like the ambitious founder of SpaceX can hardly contain his excitement. In an interview with The Washington Post, Musk gushed, “I’m so tempted to talk more about the details of it. But I have to restrain myself.” SpaceX fandom has speculated for years about details of Musk's ideas, which include the Mars Colonial Transporter concept. The Transporter likely consists of a large first stage rocket and...
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Probably...Probably!? From my perspective, there is no "probably" about it. I can't imagine anyone making it off Mars alive.
It would seem highly likely that the first generation of humans to touch martian soil would never leave it.
Seems like common sense unless they come up with some magical super propulsion. I like Musk, he speaks sense maybe one day I'll meet him and be able to say I've never met a nice South African