Quote:
Originally Posted by glend
Now perhaps Elon is not the best person to be in charge of Mars' future develoment, but his strategy has merit.
|
We're talking about a guy who likes his gadgets and chucked a hissy fit because he wanted a submarine toy to go rescue those kids trapped in a cave and got told off by the adults rescuing them against the clock.
There is logic in spending resources, time and money to colonize a place where it's -60c at the equator on a good day and so inhospitable that the practicality of setting a colony there is regarded as a farce at best by the most respected astronauts who rightly pointed out that we're not even close to settle on the moon yet.
So as far as strategy goes there's none. Big kid's dream. Merit? Fixing earth first would have a lot more merit.