[HonkyTonkMan]

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

And taxpayer $$$, of course.

[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.

[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.

[Pagey]

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

[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!

[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

[montag813]

Mindful of elevating expectations too high, Musk hedged a bit. "Although sometimes, my timelines are a little, you know..." he said to laughter.

Gotta love this guy. And let's refrain from bashing him this week as he PRAISED Trump's trade policies.

[Balding_Eagle]

This is really great news.

They can have a landing pad ready by the time NASA arrives in 2035

[bunkerhill7]

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

there fixed it

[JustaTech]

I'm eager to see the BFR, but I see dim prospects for humans living on Mars long-term. The human body is not designed for 0.38 G.

If your body were able to adapt to low G without loss of robustness, then you could never have quality of life on the Earth because your bones, muscles and connective tissue would be too underdeveloped to handle a full G. Imagine if today you went from Earth to a planet with nearly 3 times Earth's gravity. Your impairment would be similar to that of someone who's morbidly obese and wearing a hat made of lead.

[Ozark Tom]

Rods From God—how much to put system in place? No, they don’t pack the energy of a small nuclear weapon; but, all the energy released from ten tons of TNT, applied at impact in the direction of travel, will be interesting all the same.

[JenB987]

Take all the progressive leftists and start your own planet.

This one is perfectly fine and will be better off without the loons.