Elon Musk projects Mars spaceship will be ready for short trips by first half of 2019

CNBC ^ | 03/11/18 | Michelle Castillo

[HonkyTonkMan]

"The biggest thing that would be helpful is just general support and encouragement and goodwill," Musk said

And taxpayer $$$, of course.

[Simon Green]

And taxpayer $$$, of course.

If it gets us to Mars, I'm all in.

[mindburglar]

He’ll spend it better than NASA.

[raiderboy]

Great!! Taxpayers dont pay!! He can claim mars for usa instead on” man kind”!!

[Vaquero]

I’m waiting for him to ride his red roadster on mars.

[Fungi]

What will you do when you get there? The mean temperature is 90 below.

[bgill]

[I want the USA back]

I doubt it. Let’s see who’s right.

[jerod]

The difference between this dude and other dudes wearing tinfoil hats... The government has given this dude $4 billion in subsidies... The man is a complete lunatic and that will be his defense in court when they find out how much fraud and theft he has partaken in.... Bernie Madoff’s next cellmate, or 25 years at a funny farm playing checkers and watching soaps... That is Elon Musk’s real future. Not a trip to Mars.

[Simon Green]

The man is a complete lunatic and that will be his defense in court when they find out how much fraud and theft he has partaken in.

Since you have knowledge of fraud and theft on a massive scale, have you contacted the authorities with your evidence?

[SoCal Pubbie]

That’s still warmer than Hillary.

[Pagey]

Yep, he’s going to do ALLLL of that, on a Planet that has “No Atmosphere”.Got it!

[miliantnutcase]

I’m sure... Especially since his rockets all seem to actually work, good luck with that claim.

[Koracan]

Finally, can't wait, atomic bomb Mars Terra forming...starting a new race..
..Would you like to know :- how I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb.....?
Yes of cause Dr. Strangelove!

[jerod]

Tesla stock: $327.17 USD

Feb 7, 2018 - Tesla said it posted a loss of $675 million, or $4.01 per share, in the latest quarter, its biggest loss ever. A year ago, Tesla lost $121 million, or 78 cents per share. After adjusting for one-time items, the company lost $513 million, or $3.04 per share.

It is not possible to post losses every year and maintain the illusion that you will eventually make money... You will not. The Tesla bubble will eventually burst and when it does, all those investors are going to be looking for something in return... And it won't be money because their isn't any money, so somebody is going to jail.

[Conservative Gato]

A fellow FReeper posted this awhile back. I did not know Styx had made a new album with a theme about a mission to Mars. Interesting timing with President Trump calling on this to happen. I was pleasantly surprised how much of this album returns to more of their progressive rock roots. Usually I find concept albums to be pretty cheesy (especially Styx, with cringy robot songs, lol) but this one was pretty well done, IMO.

Enjoy if you like this genre: Styx: The Mission (complete album in playlist)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1DuCfaGtk&list=PLDEzeCWIrg02I3sVDqBhiB0nex_NpdbzT

[John Milner]

Hoping they send Sheila Jackson Lee to look for that flag the Apollo astronauts planted in 1969.

[chaosagent]

It is not possible to post losses every year and maintain the illusion that you will eventually make money...

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Why not?

It worked for Amazon. Starting in in 1994, it was 6 years before they finally showed a small profit. And they didn’t show an overall profit (more total profit than total losses for their entire history) until 2009.

[chaosagent]

The difference between this dude and other dudes wearing tinfoil hats... The government has given this dude $4 billion in subsidies... The man is a complete lunatic and that will be his defense in court when they find out how much fraud and theft he has partaken in....

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So all those rockets going up and coming back to land, something that NASA hasn’t been able to do in 60 years, are just a figment of his lunatic imagination?