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Elon Musk to announce SpaceX's Mars colonization plans at IAC on Tuesday (Sept. 27)

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Laurentius

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Inuhanyou said:
That's a pretty long way for something to go wrong in space, either by way of malfunction or otherwise, setting the whole project back years.

It just sounds so fantastical a priority when we don't even have the technology to make it viable on a mass level that matters for most people here on earth. with so many risks for so little rewards, it feels trite when there are so many other things one could invest that money into.

Even if you colonize mars with a very small encampment, your still looking at being fully dependent on the earth for most things. And if the intent of the project is to preserve humanity in case of some shit hitting the fan, if life here goes bye bye, its just a matter of slow death or fast death being trapped up there.
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This is the same slippery slope type argument that can be used to argue against almost any kind of scientific development.
 
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CoolOff

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This stream when the Q&A started:

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Newt said:
Magnetic fields don't matter much in creating an atmosphere. Sure solar wind can erode an atmosphere in 1 billion years, but thats irrelevant. Venus has the thickest atmosphere of all the rocks in our solar system and it has no magnetic field.
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Except Venus is a very rare exception, it has an induced magnetic field.
 
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its a shame such a presentation that contains the most vision humans have shown the future of space travel has been taken over by a bunch of muppets asking dumb questions.
 
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That was one of the most cringe-worthy moments I've ever seen. Cancel the project, we deserve to go extinct.

Also, I'm not sure if we should send anyone in the first waves to Mars.
 
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I hope crowbcat is watching because this is legit cringe. Grown-ass people asking the stupidest shit regarding the entire future of the species.
Nuke us, space Cthulhu.
 
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on September 6, the Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England, and headed for America. By the time the Pilgrims had left England, they had already been living onboard the ships for nearly a month and a half. The voyage itself across the Atlantic Ocean took 66 days,
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Sometimes those first steps take time. Doesn't mean they aren't worth doing.
 
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"Just wanted to let everybody know I went to Burning Man, also will Mars be a shitshow?"

"Everybody give it up for Elon!"

"Elon, please do something Funny or Die, also Michael Cera."

"Can I come up there and give you a kiss?"

"I'm a local idiot from Rooster Teeth, ELON ARE YOU GOING TO GO?!"

Did I miss anything?
 
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Jarmel said:
I hate humanity.

I hate us so much.
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So do i.

Which is why i would sign up to go right now. Even with the probability of me dying being extremely high, and never coming back (I know he said the ships would be returning, but 1 i wouldn't want to come back. And 2, if you go right now, the tech wouldn't be ready for return ships)
 
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* 2 hour presentation about the next big step for manking *
Musk: Anyone has a question?
Memer: ABOUT THE POOP SIR
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Memer #2: Michael Cera lolz!
 
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boxter432 said:
stopped watching a while ago, what are some of the examples of these joke/crappy questions?
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Women: "Hey Elon do we need some special physical training to go to Mars?"

Elon: "No special training. Maybe 5 Days of normal training before the trip."

Women: "Ok thank you, now on behalf of all the women here, can I come on stage and give you a kiss?"

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ckohler

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I swear if another "comedian" comes up to the mic...

At least Musk knows how to shut down their bullshit with actual serious answers.
 
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PushingButtons

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I missed the presentation and quickly tuned into this Q & A, yikes what a mistake that was.

Is there a summary anywhere of what was said during the presentation?
 
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Laurentius said:
"Just wanted to let everybody know I went to Burning Man, also will Mars be a shitshow?"

"Everybody give it up for Elon!"

"Elon, please do something Funny or Die, also Michael Cera."

"Can I come up there and give you a kiss?"

"I'm a local idiot from Rooster Teeth, ELON ARE YOU GOING TO GO?!"

Did I miss anything?
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If I wasn't listening, I would swear you were joking. But I mean, 45% of people are voting for Trump, so I don't know why I'm shocked.
 
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Alexlf

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It sounds like Elon is getting more and more depressed as people ask questions.

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funkystudent said:
So I missed most of it. And I cant handle this Q&A


Judging from the sweet CG trailer.. Its a 1 way trip?
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Actually, they plan for a constant 2 way stream of ships, with fuel factories on mars.
 
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