Is Elon Musk's vision for the future a libertarian fantasy or scientific imperative? The question of human settlement on Mars is, for many people, not "if" but "when". Elon Musk's SpaceX company began speaking of the Mars Colonial Transporter around 2012. Its latest incarnation, the prototype for a massive spaceship called Starship that can house up to 100 passengers and crew, took off from Texas in April but exploded before reaching Earth's orbit. Whether that counts as a success or not depends...
Is Elon Musk's vision for the future a libertarian fantasy or scientific imperative? The question of human settlement on Mars is, for many people, not "if" but "when". Elon Musk's SpaceX company began speaking of the Mars Colonial Transporter around 2012. Its latest incarnation, the prototype for a massive spaceship called Starship that can house up to 100 passengers and crew, took off from Texas in April but exploded before reaching Earth's orbit. Whether that counts as a success or not depends...
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