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Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
On 04/01/2025 08:06, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” >> What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
He's already on a different planet!
By all means send him to Mars (one way ticket) and good riddance!
On a sunny day (Sat, 4 Jan 2025 11:24:13 +0000) it happened Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote in <vlb5ou$efa1$1@dont-email.me>:
On 04/01/2025 08:06, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” >>> What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
He's already on a different planet!
By all means send him to Mars (one way ticket) and good riddance!
Na. I like it
A Mars landing will improve the standing of the US too.
And it may confirm life there (sample return possible too).
and confirm the Viking positive experiment:
http://www.gillevin.com/
Else...
China will land on Mars and claim all of it and find life there.
:-)
So many money sucking NahSah projects, driving around the block doing acrobatics
going nowhere.
If Columbus had been that way the Aztecs would still rule :-)
I remember those Moon landings, was at the National TV network control room relaying it to the country here.
It united much of humanity, very inspiring.
Now US cannot even go there it seems.
Hope Musk makes it while I am still around.
On 04/01/2025 08:06, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” >> What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar
plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight- to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
He's already on a different planet!
By all means send him to Mars (one way ticket) and good riddance!
On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 11:24:13 +0000, Martin Brown wrote:
On 04/01/2025 08:06, Jan Panteltje wrote:to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” >>> What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar
plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-
He's already on a different planet!
By all means send him to Mars (one way ticket) and good riddance!
I beg to differ. I particularly like the way he and Don are interfering (constructively) in British politics. Playing the Globalists at their own game! :-D
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” >> What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
On 4/01/2025 10:46 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Sat, 4 Jan 2025 11:24:13 +0000) it happened Martin Brown
<'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote in <vlb5ou$efa1$1@dont-email.me>:
On 04/01/2025 08:06, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
He's already on a different planet!
By all means send him to Mars (one way ticket) and good riddance!
Na. I like it
A Mars landing will improve the standing of the US too.
And it may confirm life there (sample return possible too).
It might, but probably won't.
and confirm the Viking positive experiment:
http://www.gillevin.com/
It wasn't exactly positive.
Else...
China will land on Mars and claim all of it and find life there.
:-)
Why would they bother?
So many money sucking NahSah projects, driving around the block doing acrobatics
going nowhere.
If Columbus had been that way the Aztecs would still rule :-)
Columbus didn't expect to discover America - he though the earth was
smaller than Eratosthenes had worked it out to around 300BC and that
he'd get to China. Most people at time correctly though that he was nuts.
I remember those Moon landings, was at the National TV network control room >> relaying it to the country here.
It united much of humanity, very inspiring.
Now US cannot even go there it seems.
It was an expensive stunt, very attention-getting at the time - I
watched it while I was doing the final tidying up on my Ph.D. thesis.
The US is working on going back there, but with rather more emphasis on >finding out useful information.
Hope Musk makes it while I am still around.
He's too busy cultivating Donald Trump to bother.
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 01:16:14 +1100) it happened Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in <vlbfre$g439$1@dont-email.me>:
On 4/01/2025 10:46 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Sat, 4 Jan 2025 11:24:13 +0000) it happened Martin Brown >>> <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote in <vlb5ou$efa1$1@dont-email.me>:
On 04/01/2025 08:06, Jan Panteltje wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>>>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
He's already on a different planet!
By all means send him to Mars (one way ticket) and good riddance!
Na. I like it
A Mars landing will improve the standing of the US too.
And it may confirm life there (sample return possible too).
It might, but probably won't.
and confirm the Viking positive experiment:
http://www.gillevin.com/
It wasn't exactly positive.
Else...
China will land on Mars and claim all of it and find life there.
:-)
Why would they bother?
Moon has always been part of China ;-)
So many money sucking NahSah projects, driving around the block doing acrobatics
going nowhere.
If Columbus had been that way the Aztecs would still rule :-)
Columbus didn't expect to discover America - he though the earth was
smaller than Eratosthenes had worked it out to around 300BC and that
he'd get to China. Most people at time correctly though that he was nuts.
I remember those Moon landings, was at the National TV network control room >>> relaying it to the country here.
It united much of humanity, very inspiring.
Now US cannot even go there it seems.
It was an expensive stunt, very attention-getting at the time - I
watched it while I was doing the final tidying up on my Ph.D. thesis.
The US is working on going back there, but with rather more emphasis on
finding out useful information.
Hope Musk makes it while I am still around.
He's too busy cultivating Donald Trump to bother.
He may well use his political position to get more support for a Mars mission That Super Heavy spacecraft could do it.
'When' depends a lot on the date:
https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/science/what-is-the-earth-mars-transfer-window-know-the-best-time-to-travel-to-red-planet-19478425.htm
2026?
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in <vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>:
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” >>> What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Jasen Betts ><usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in <vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>:
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: ΓÇ£WeΓÇÖre going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.ΓÇ? >>> What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
On Sun, 05 Jan 2025 08:40:11 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Jasen >>Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in >><vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>:
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: âWeâre going straight to Mars. The Moon is a
distraction.â?
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar
plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight- to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
Yes. He has ideas.
But colonizing Mars is silly.
On Sun, 05 Jan 2025 08:06:34 -0800, john larkin wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2025 08:40:11 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Jasen >>>Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in >>><vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>:
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: Γ??WeΓ??re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a
distraction.Γ??
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar
plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight- >to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
Yes. He has ideas.
But colonizing Mars is silly.
I'll wager there would be no shortage of volunteers for such a mission, >though. 99.9% of whom would have no idea what they're letting themselves
in for. Just imagine the sacrifices you'd have to make.
On Sun, 05 Jan 2025 08:40:11 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Jasen Betts >><usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in <vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>: >>
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: ΓÇ£WeΓÇÖre going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.ΓÇ?
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
Yes. He has ideas.
But colonizing Mars is silly.
On 5/01/2025 7:40 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Jasen Betts
<usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in <vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>:
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
What Musk did to Twitter while he was renaming "X" didn't add to it's value.
"The Washington Post reported that the company had lost $24 billion in
equity value, "a vaporization of wealth that has little parallel outside
the realm of economic or industry-specific crashes, or devastating
corporate scandals.""
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 20:52:12 +1100) it happened Bill Sloman ><bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in <vldkof$vf47$2@dont-email.me>:
On 5/01/2025 7:40 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Jasen Betts
<usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in <vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>:
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: ΓÇ£WeΓÇÖre going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.ΓÇ?
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans? >>>>> https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going-straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
What Musk did to Twitter while he was renaming "X" didn't add to it's value. >>
"The Washington Post reported that the company had lost $24 billion in >>equity value, "a vaporization of wealth that has little parallel outside >>the realm of economic or industry-specific crashes, or devastating >>corporate scandals.""
It depends, I was thinking the same thing when he took over the thing
But now speculations go that it may merge with Truth-Social (Trump's platform)
https://fortune.com/2024/11/14/trump-musk-social-media-truth-social-x-alliance/
and that gives him all Republican advertisers begging to use it.
That is half or more of America.
We will see where it goes!
SpaceX also went almost bankrupt testing, and look now...
And there is AI, Musk has been talking to many people...
Also he has Neuralink....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink
On Mon, 06 Jan 2025 06:30:05 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 20:52:12 +1100) it happened Bill Sloman >><bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote in <vldkof$vf47$2@dont-email.me>:
On 5/01/2025 7:40 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Jan 2025 06:12:18 -0000 (UTC)) it happened
Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in
<vld7s2$3c22c$4@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>:
On 2025-01-04, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> wrote:
Elon Musk: âWeâre going straight to Mars. The Moon is a
distraction.â?
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar
plans?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/elon-musk-were-going- straight-to-mars-the-moon-is-a-distraction/
Musk seems promising, but he has a history of not delivering.
SpaceX, Tesla, X, Startlink...
What Musk did to Twitter while he was renaming "X" didn't add to it's >>>value.
"The Washington Post reported that the company had lost $24 billion in >>>equity value, "a vaporization of wealth that has little parallel
outside the realm of economic or industry-specific crashes, or >>>devastating corporate scandals.""
It depends, I was thinking the same thing when he took over the thing
But now speculations go that it may merge with Truth-Social (Trump's >>platform)
https://fortune.com/2024/11/14/trump-musk-social-media-truth-social-x- alliance/
and that gives him all Republican advertisers begging to use it.
That is half or more of America.
We will see where it goes!
SpaceX also went almost bankrupt testing, and look now...
The Silicon Valley mantra is "fail fast, fail often."