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Elon Musk: We Can Put A Man On Mars In 10 Years
Wall Street Journal ^
| 04/26/11
| Scott Austin
Posted on 04/26/2011 7:03:05 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Elon Musk, the inspiration behind Iron Man’s executive-turned-rocketeering space hero Tony Stark, believes his space-transport start-up will send passengers to Mars in as soon as 10 years.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: mars; space
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To: TheOldLady; Vaquero; originalbuckeye; Kevmo; LuvFreeRepublic; LittleBillyInfidel; LucyT; ...
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:04:09 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
( Anyone who backs Trump is a chump..)
To: KevinDavis
Excellent - bonus points for not using tax payers money.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:04:21 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: KevinDavis
Not if Obama has anything to do with it...
To: KevinDavis; a fool in paradise; JoeProBono
I like to use Elon Musk after shaving.
To: KevinDavis
What we “can do” and what we “will do” are obviously not the same thing. The political will that drove Mercury, Gemini and Apollo 1-11 is gone. I don’t think it will ever return but I would love to be wrong.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:06:52 PM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(What, if not a bagel and coffee, confirms the existence of a just and loving God?)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Let’s put Omoslem on Mars.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:08:42 PM PDT
by
LyinLibs
To: KevinDavis
This ole pilot will work free.........just give me the chance and I’ll go!
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:11:06 PM PDT
by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing....except not doing it sooner!)
To: LyinLibs
Why? What did Mars ever do to you? Besides, my vote is for Mercury.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:19:45 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
“We” doesn’t mean “The United States”.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:21:12 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
( "The right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended." - Rowan Atkinson)
To: KevinDavis
uh huh.
Getting them back is extra, right?
lol
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:21:21 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: Kakaze; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
I was kinda hoping Soros would be dead long before then, but if not...
Thanks KevinDavis.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:31:38 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: KevinDavis
It’s a dead rock. Why waste the money??
To: ExtremeUnction
Gotta go somewhere when the Chinese finally own the entirety of America.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:13:04 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
To: KevinDavis
And in 10 years they will just be able to climb our debt right to Mars.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:27:34 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: ExtremeUnction
It would make a great base (’shallow’ gravity well) to go chase asteroids (mining) and because no one has found any teeming critters there, maybe the enviros would let the materials be smelted, refined, and used there.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:33:11 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Sax
“Excellent - bonus points for not using tax payers money.”
You are kidding? Space-X has gets hundreds of millions of dollars in government money each year. Elon Musk’s most significant accomplishment is making you think he built his company with no government money.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:41:07 PM PDT
by
Bryan24
(When in doubt, move to the right..........)
To: Sax
Eh, not so much...but at least he’s doing it relatively frugally.
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posted on
04/26/2011 9:54:52 PM PDT
by
thecabal
(Destroy Progressivism)
To: KevinDavis
We put two men on the moon in 9 years with far more primitive technology.
Not withstanding the distance involved.
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posted on
04/26/2011 9:57:57 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with control.)
To: KevinDavis
And how exactly is he going to shield a crew from the cosmic radiation?
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