Ignition Stage 1
He has already done stuff that most experts gave him zero chance.
Let me guess, he only needs a huge multibillion line of credit from Uncle Sugar?
The Saturn V sent three astronauts 240k miles to the Moon, yet a rocket only twice as powerful will propel 100 people 135million miles to Mars. Been a long time since HS Physics but those numbers seem dubious.
Musk has to get his head out of the sky, and figure why his hardware is blowing up on the launch pads and on the streets. His companies are hemmoraging cash without US subsidies.
Ain’t no tomorrow unless there’s a today!
Paging Gary Johnson, paging Gary Johnson. Please report to the launch site asap.
Ignition Stage 1
This would be stopped dead if Hillary Clinton wins our election and provides a stepping stone for a Socialist government to take over the world.
Great, liberals can screw up another planet
What could go wrong?
He has an unlimited amount of crony money. He fights against fossil energy to sell his subsidized solar panels. He has put hundreds of thousands out of work and made electricity more expensive for everyone. He’s DEPLORABLE.
Yeah, and I’m only one $3 billion government grant from starting to work on my planned teleportation device.
Phase I: Build 135 million miles of extension cord, with outlets staggered at 300 mile intervals so the ship can recharge.
Illegals, Liberals and Rinks please report to SpaceX, thank you.
The very rich Mr. Musk has obviously spared no expense to smoke the very finest weed available. The biggest thing taking flight is his fancy.
There are too many huge issues that remain unsolved. I’ll mention just a few:
1) It takes longer than a few months to reach Mars using current propulsion technology. I believe it takes several years. Has there been a dramatic breakthrough?
2) The biological degradation of the human body during extended weightlessness.
3) Has an effective shield against cosmic rays and micrometeorites been discovered?
4) What will keep a ship full of strangers from killing each other after a few months in cramped quarters? I can barely stand a transatlantic flight! Can you imagine a stomach virus breaking out, as so often happens on cruise ships?
5) Assuming that a rocket full of passengers at last lands on Mars, where is the infrastructure that will manufacture tons of methane fuel and liquid oxygen for the return trip? There is no refinery on Mars. Where will the immense energy come from to mine and process the rocks that will be converted into fuel at the aforementioned refinery?
6) Where will you house and how will you feed a million people?
Too many assumptions. It’s a pipe dream, folks.