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Vorticity
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"Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
 
   Such is the title of Elon Musk's talk to the International Astronautical Congress, which is about about how SpaceX is approaching the creation of its Interplanetary Launch System. The video of the talk is available here:
http://www.spacex.com/mars

At first I thought, am I really going to watch over an hour of this? Yes, I did. It's a great overview about what the technological challenges of building a spacecraft to go to Mars looks like in terms of engineering, economics, chemistry, and a bit of planetary dynamics. You know, like a documentary but for people who already know what delta-v is. But it also made me feel excited for the future, which is a pretty good feeling. Even the short-term goals - 1.5 tons of cargo to Mars every 2 years, starting in 2020, are amazing.


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  RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species Gryphonadmin Sep-28-16 1
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species McFortner Sep-28-16 2
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species Mercutio Sep-28-16 3
         RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species Gryphonadmin Sep-28-16 4
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species Vorticity Sep-28-16 5
         RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species ebony14 Sep-29-16 6
             RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species Gryphonadmin Sep-29-16 7
                 RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species drakensis Sep-30-16 9
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species cacklz Sep-30-16 10
  RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species StClair Sep-30-16 8
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species CdrMike Oct-26-16 15
  RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species Vorticity Oct-26-16 11
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species McFortner Oct-26-16 12
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species Peter Eng Oct-26-16 13
     RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species cyberpagan Oct-26-16 14

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Gryphonadmin
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1. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   This guy is some kind of long-scheme supervillain. We're eventually going to have to stop him, except by the time we try he'll control all of our robot cars, which will leave it up to the National Hot Rod Association to save the day.

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2. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   Yay, real life Car Wars!

Michael C. Fortner
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There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".


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3. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   >This guy is some kind of long-scheme supervillain. We're eventually
>going to have to stop him, except by the time we try he'll control all
>of our robot cars, which will leave it up to the National Hot Rod
>Association to save the day.

I miss M.A.S.K too, Ben. It's okay to admit it.

-Merc
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Gryphonadmin
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4. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   >>This guy is some kind of long-scheme supervillain. We're eventually
>>going to have to stop him, except by the time we try he'll control all
>>of our robot cars, which will leave it up to the National Hot Rod
>>Association to save the day.
>
>I miss M.A.S.K too, Ben. It's okay to admit it.

I'm not really seeing the similarity between the NHRA and Mobile Armored Strike Kommand, but OK...

(Or the similarity between Elon Musk and Miles Mayhem, come to that. He seems more like that much more competent guy who ran Cobra after Cobra Commander.

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Vorticity
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5. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
In response to message #1
 
   > This guy is some kind of long-scheme supervillain. We're eventually going to
> have to stop him, except by the time we try he'll control all of our robot
> cars, which will leave it up to the National Hot Rod Association to save the
> day.

This sounds like a future I want to live in. I'll just remind people that Elon suggested one way of warming up Mars is nuclear detonations on the south pole.


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6. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   Well, it'd probably work. Not saying we should do it. Personally, I'm still waiting for Michio Kaku to reveal his team of five young people from all walks of life and their giant robots.

Ebony the Black Dragon

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Gryphonadmin
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7. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   >Personally, I'm
>still waiting for Michio Kaku to reveal his team of five young people

* with attitude

>from all walks of life and their giant robots.

--G.
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drakensis
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9. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   >>Personally, I'm
>>still waiting for Michio Kaku to reveal his team of five young people
>
>* with attitude
>
>>from all walks of life and their giant robots.
>
And a background in science.

D.


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10. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   "Down here in Motorcity we have a motto - live fast and live free."


Brian


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8. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   "I have to ask you the same question people back home are asking about space these days. Is it worth it? Should we just pull back? Forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems, at home."

"No. We have to stay here. And there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein, and Morobuto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophanes, and - all of this - all of this - was for nothing. Unless we go to the stars."

-- Babylon 5, "Infection" (1994)


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15. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   "The Earth is the cradle of the mind - but one cannot live eternally in the cradle." - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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Vorticity
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11. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   Elon Musk is about to test the 'trickiest' part of his Mars spaceship — a giant, potentially explosive black orb

Guys, guys, why do you keep saying that Musk seems like a supervillian?


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12. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   We'll all be sorry when he's the only one on Mars and sets up a giant laser to make it a "Death Star".

Michael C. Fortner
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There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".


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Peter Eng
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13. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   >Guys, guys, why do you keep saying that Musk seems like a
>supervillian?

Because "mad engineer" doesn't have the same ring to it?

Peter Eng
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14. "RE: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species"
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   Because if you add in plans to wipe out all human life on earth and repopulate with those chosen by Musk to leave the planet, you have the plot to Moonraker :)


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