We're going to Mars

swampdog said:
Yeah, I get the point but his ability to successfully challenge commonly accepted technologies / practices is really cool. Needless to say, I think your job with oil and gas is safe for our lifetime.
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Not to mention my wife's Tesla smokes vette's & camaros's...0 to 60 in 3.7 sec's
 
Brute said:
Not to mention my wife's Tesla smokes vette's & camaros's...0 to 60 in 3.7 sec's
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What did y'all get? We ordered a 75. I drove the 90 with the "Ludacris" option and decided I was not mature enough for that shit. Advertised 0-60 in 2.8, and it felt like every bit of that.
 
Five Billion and counting in Government Subsidies, so far... A monkey could find some success with those funds.

Last I heard Tesla is far from profitable, maybe the Martians can afford his government backed electric cars.
 
Remlap said:
Five Billion and counting in Government Subsidies, so far... A monkey could find some success with those funds.

Last I heard Tesla is far from profitable, maybe the Martians can afford his government backed electric cars.
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Lol! ^^ This. The only problem is that his facility won't be ready to actually make the vehicles.
 
Sharkey said:
Musk could say he built the fountain of youth and people would believe him. There is a big difference between saying and doing (as is evidenced by the Tesla factory outside of Reno).
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In a way I agree, that there is a big difference between saying and doing. But he is taking our space exploration in a whole new direction. I am fond of this quote:

"I guess the question I'm asked the most often is: "When you were sitting in that capsule listening to the count-down, how did you feel?" Well, the answer to that one is easy. I felt exactly how you would feel if you were getting ready to launch and knew you were sitting on top of two million parts -- all built by the lowest bidder on a government contract."

John Glenn

Which shows how screwed up government endeavors can be. I am excited by Mr. Musk's vision.
 
Sharkey said:
Musk could say he built the fountain of youth and people would believe him. There is a big difference between saying and doing (as is evidenced by the Tesla factory outside of Reno).
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Yes, and getting there is the "easy" part. Surviving there is supposed to be the hard part. Mars is a harsh mistress.
 
Remlap said:
Five Billion and counting in Government Subsidies, so far... A monkey could find some success with those funds.

Last I heard Tesla is far from profitable, maybe the Martians can afford his government backed electric cars.
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I know, but at least we're getting cool rockets & fast as snot cars instead of dumb shit. :idontknow:

Chris99 said:
No BFS. It's a BFR, Big Fucking Rocket!
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BFS = Big Fucking Spaceship. Towards the middle/end of the story
 
Chris99 said:
Yes, and getting there is the "easy" part. Surviving there is supposed to be the hard part. Mars is a harsh mistress.
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I'm no fucking geologist, but being that there is almost no chance fossil fuels exist on Mars, I predict these first few groups of well to do explorers lose their enthusiasm real fucking quick when they run low on supplies and Solar Power/batteries/wind/whatever still doesnt work worth a shit.

No worries though... I'm sure the taxpayers back here on Earth will gladly bail them out, we'll be more than used to that shit by then.
 
Remlap said:
I'm no fucking geologist, but being that there is almost no chance fossil fuels exist on Mars, I predict these first few groups of well to do explorers lose their enthusiasm real fucking quick when they run low on supplies and Solar Power/batteries/wind/whatever still doesnt work worth a shit.

No worries though... I'm sure the taxpayers back here on Earth will gladly bail them out, we'll be more than used to that shit by then.
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Matt Damon did it...
 
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