Ready Or Not, Musk Is Dragging Us Into Interplanetary Species Status

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Ready Or Not, Musk Is Dragging Us Into Interplanetary Species Status

Today, Elon Musk elaborated on his plans to make humanity a planet-faring species. We’ve known for a long time that Mars is SpaceX’s destination, but the fine details haven’t been revealed. In today’s talk at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Musk revealed a game-changer for travel to Mars, and beyond.

If anyone has ever guessed that Musk’s plans involved a refuelling ship, I’ve never heard them say it out loud. But that’s exactly what Musk revealed. SpaceX plans to launch a Mars-bound craft into orbit, then launch a refuelling craft to refill the interplanetary ship’s fuel tanks. Only then would the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) depart for Mars.

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The world needs more people like Musk

 

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Musk says travel to Mars will be like "Battlestar Galactica," cost around $100,000

 

[Ninja'd]

This guy wants to get away from SA as far as possible.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Brilliant, I'll start saving.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

This guy wants to get away from SA as far as possible.

either that , or he realizes what ive said for a long time, Humanity will eventually kill earth...
its inevitable that the planet cannot support our population comfortably anymore,

when I was younger, I heard this story and its truthfulness of its message.
http://www.moralstories.org/the-boy-and-a-tree/

 

[raind33r]

Noooo, did you people not see what happened to Matt Damon?
Make sure you take enough potato's and compost - pleeeeease!

 

[Jan]

Elon Musk lays out SpaceX’s plan to send humans to Mars

Elon Musk explained SpaceX’s 6-year plan to send humans to Mars.

 

[LazyLion]

Personally, I think there is scientific benefit in visiting Mars, but I can't see us living there permanently or terraforming Mars for another few hundred years.
We should rather be focusing on fixing our own planet and making life here sustainable, space technology will help with that.

 

[Voicy]

I watched the entire live stream, very interesting stuff.

But hooooly crap, I cringed at the questions from the crowd. I can't believe they waste such valuable opportunities to be such idiots.

From a guy talking about how much crap there was at burning man and some guy wanting to throw a comic book on stage ... and some random girl asking if she can come and kiss Elon on stage "on behalf of all women".

*sigh*

 

[LazyLion]

 

[Absinth]

Why not use all these resources required, to rather convert existing wastelands into green fields producing oxygen and food?

 

[backstreetboy]

Personally, I think there is scientific benefit in visiting Mars, but I can't see us living there permanently or terraforming Mars for another few hundred years.
We should rather be focusing on fixing our own planet and making life here sustainable, space technology will help with that.

This... Jeff Bezos got it right.

 

[AlphaBravo]

This guy wants to get away from SA as far as possible.

HAHA

 

[Neoprod]

This guy wants to get away from SA as far as possible.

He wants to find someone to bully and heard Martians are little.

 

[Neoprod]

Noooo, did you people not see what happened to Matt Damon?
Make sure you take enough potato's and compost - pleeeeease!

The people made the compost in that movie

 

[Skerminkel]

Personally, I think there is scientific benefit in visiting Mars, but I can't see us living there permanently or terraforming Mars for another few hundred years.
We should rather be focusing on fixing our own planet and making life here sustainable, space technology will help with that.

The philosophy of people like Steven Hawking, which I think Musk agrees with, is that Earth will at some stage be destructed, probably by a large meteorite. It is not about getting away from the damage we are doing at the moment. Mars is just the first step in spreading the human species over the galaxy to spread our risks.

 

[Skerminkel]

The story sort of puts my weekly struggle to complete a time sheet in perspective...

 

[c3n0byt3]

“What I really want to try to achieve here is to make Mars seem possible – like it’s something we can achieve in our lifetimes,” Musk told the audience.

I think that sums it up nicely, and something not everyone wants to dwell upon.
Think of it as a seed for human endeavor, which is what his intention is.
Wanting to put people on Mars (for extended periods) isn't anything new. It's just that the boring scientists that have been working on the various aspects do not have the drive and media presence as Musk.
SpaceX have put forward a plan (nothing more) for the very first stage of the journey, leveraging their Falcon heavy.
They know that there are a myriad of issues without current solutions (e.g. impact on the human body from prolonged space flight and radiation).
But it's nice to stir things up every now and again.