Headlines Elon Musk Unveils Interplanetary Transport System

[Cashmere]

This definitely gets me excited about the future!

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Below is the video from the Keynote:

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[Deleted member 25]

The video is great looking, i hope there's more to it than that.

 

[chonkoa]

Delusional at best.

 

[klier]

That's not just a bit narrow minded.

If we stay here all together on this planet we will eventually get wiped out by either a comet, some virus, or whatever mass extinction event you can think of.

Speading our chances as a species is the only way to go.

But it might be an idea to send all MB fans to Mars!

 

[Cashmere]

The Mars race has begun.

Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars

"I’m convinced the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive there riding a Boeing rocket,” Muilenburg said at the Chicago event on innovation, which was sponsored by the Atlantic magazine."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-beat-musk-to-mars-as-new-space-race-beckons

 

[Matski]

I'd rather Boeing worked on creating a more sustainable method of ensuring the future of affordable air travel.

Why worry about Mars when most people still have't discovered most of Planet Earth for themselves? /rhetorical statement..

 

[Cashmere]

Baby steps but one step closer to Mars!

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[Cashmere]

Elon Musk published his paper on colonizing mars and it has lots of great information on how the interplanetary system will work.

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Also, SpaceX's new rocket (Falcon Heavy) is expected to launch in September.

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[CrunchSlaughtered]

Musk will need these rockets for himself to escape from the angry Tesla shareholders when the price of the shares plunges

 

[Cashmere]

More info coming soon

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[Cashmere]

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Also, Lockheed Martin will be sharing some information about their Mars transporter at the same conference.

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[Kowalski]

Elon Musk is a bullshitter and a tax payer rapist.

 

[chonkoa]

Elon Musk living it large on other people's money.
Whoever falls for this crap needs their head checked.

 

[Deleted member 25]

I would appreciate if this thread stays clean from garbage politically motivated comments, we already have a trash bin thread for that

 

[Monster]

I would appreciate if this thread stays clean from garbage politically motivated comments, we already have a trash bin thread for that

Yeap..any further off topic post will be moved or deleted. Thanks.

 

[Cashmere]

Wow! That was incredible!

Elon's not kidding about tooling and production of BFR - seems like preliminary construction has already begun at SpaceX's Boca Chica site where they're starting to build their own launch site.

 

[sako97]

I don't closely follow Tesla, SpaceX, etc., but I've noted some forum member's disdain for Elon... as well as lots of misinformation posted here. I'll try address some complaints and myths objectively - and non-politically.

Yes, Tesla and SpaceX have received help from the government.

In the case of Tesla they've received:

• A loan to build the Fremont factory - As for the loan, this has been paid back with interest.
• Incentives for the Gigafactory - These are spread out over 20 years and only about 1% of the amount Tesla and Panasonic are investing into building the factory in Nevada.
• Electric car subsidies - The electric car subsidies serve a federally-defined purpose (the electrification of transportation) and are available to any automaker.
• Energy.gov link: Electric Vehicles: Tax Credits and Other Incentives | Department of Energy

As for SpaceX - they're getting NASA contracts now, which means it's actually SpaceX saving the U.S government money, not the other way around. SpaceX rockets are the cheapest and most reliable rockets on the earth right now, and likely so for years to come.

• Reduces the cost of military satellite launches by more than 80%.
  
• SpaceX's rapid mastery of new technology - reusable rockets imply that it will further reduce government and private sector R&D costs.

Retrospectively - If Elon had never received help, SpaceX and Tesla would have failed in 2008, as they were nearly bankrupt and federal money was partly what saved them, in addition to Elon providing all of his remaining Paypal fortune and funding from private investors.

However, the US would have lost it's entire space industry and almost all the automotive industry if it weren't for the government (Ford, technically would've been the lone survivor). ULA, Orbital Sciences, NASA, SpaceX, Tesla, Chrysler, and GM would have gone bankrupt without the bailout and government funding.

Long term - Tesla and SpaceX now have sustainable revenue streams... independent of government.

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I'm expecting a rebuttal, but I just want to state some facts, as it's sometimes lacking in these Tesla/SpaceX related threads.

 

[EnI]

Forget the interplanetary flights ... Intercity flights are in now:

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[SDNR]

Elon Musk is a bullshitter and a tax payer rapist.

Subtle Kowalski - lol

 

[Deleted member 25]

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The stuttering was extra heavy this time, he should let some one else talk or at least have some people join him from time to time.