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WILL 2016 BE THE YEAR ELON MUSK REVEALS HIS MARS COLONIAL TRANSPORTER PLANS?
Universe Today ^
| January 1, 2016
| Nancy Atkinson
Posted on 01/01/2016 9:05:08 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
There are several space stories we’re anticipating for 2016 but one story might appear — to some — to belong in the realm of science fiction: sometime in the coming year Elon Musk will likely reveal his plans for colonizing Mars.
Early in 2015, Musk hinted that he would be publicly disclosing his strategies for the Mars Colonial Transport system sometime in late 2015, but then later said the announcement would come in 2016.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: bigelowaerospace; blueorigin; dragon; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; mars; marsrace; mct; moonrace; spaceexploration; spacerace; spacex
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To: MinorityRepublican
Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
From Texas's 18th district
On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]
Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.
http://web.archive.org/web/20100409095818/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:06:51 PM PST
by
ETL
(Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
To: MinorityRepublican
Will our tax dollars subsidize this endeavor like we do Tesla Motors?
To: MinorityRepublican
Will our tax dollars subsidize this endeavor like we do Tesla Motors?
To: MinorityRepublican
Can’t help but wonder if Musk intentionally chose that name because it harkens back to the “Colonial Movers” ship from Battlestar Galactica.
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:10:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: ETL
Just because you’re a Representative doesn’t mean you actually have to have a brain!
To: BenLurkin
Can’t help but wonder if Musk intentionally chose that name because it harkens back to the “Colonial Movers†ship from Battlestar Galactica. Catchy name. Elon Musk is probably the greatest salesman since JFK!
To: ETL
To: BenLurkin
One of a few "fan-based" Mars Colonization Transport (MCT) design concepts. The design may be dominated by massive spherical fuel tanks and inflatable modules to house 100 Mars colonists. (Credit: Reddit user P3rkoz)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:21:01 PM PST
by
ETL
(Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
To: MinorityRepublican
I think it involves shrinking people down to microscopic size to reduce overhead.
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:23:00 PM PST
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: MinorityRepublican
Musk wouldn’t be anywhere without the tax dollars that was handed over to him. Give anyone billions and they could create something. By the way how many Teslas have been sold to the masses?
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:32:50 PM PST
by
Busko
(The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
To: Busko
Musk wouldn’t be anywhere without the tax dollars that was handed over to him. Could say same thing about NASA c. 1961
To: ETL
Where did she learn that in college?
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:49:31 PM PST
by
vigilante2
(Re-elect nobody)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Bingo baby, bingo!!!!! Let the Muskateer sink or swim with his own money. This shyster is adept at one thing: taking money from others to fund his projects.
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:52:24 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No, but our tax dollars will subsidize NASA’s trip to Mars.
To: Vince Ferrer
Tesla has been paid BILLIONS in tax dollars since their founding.
To: montag813
No. Know the difference between forced and given, public and private, shyster and slave?
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posted on
01/01/2016 10:05:17 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Tesla is not colonizing Mars.
To: MinorityRepublican
If you can’t do anything worth a damn on Earth, head for Mars.
Makes sense to me.
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posted on
01/01/2016 10:06:36 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(Trump and/or Cruz, it's all good.)
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