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SpaceX created the first fully reusable rocket stage and, much more importantly, made the reuse economically viable.

Making life multiplanetary is fundamentally a cost per ton to Mars problem.

It currently costs about a billion dollars per ton of useful payload to the surface of Mars. That needs to be improved to $100k/ton to build a self-sustaining city there, so the technology needs to be 10,000 times better. Extremely difficult, but not impossible.

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The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.

These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.

Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years. Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet.

 

 

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

SpaceX created the first fully reusable rocket stage and, much more importantly, made the reuse economically viable.

Making life multiplanetary is fundamentally a cost per ton to Mars problem.

It currently costs about a billion dollars per ton of useful payload to the surface of Mars. That needs to be improved to $100k/ton to build a self-sustaining city there, so the technology needs to be 10,000 times better. Extremely difficult, but not impossible.

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The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.

These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.

Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years. Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet.

 

 

2 years he says?

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On 9/8/2024 at 11:15 AM, atomheartbevo said:

SpaceX created the first fully reusable rocket stage and, much more importantly, made the reuse economically viable.

Making life multiplanetary is fundamentally a cost per ton to Mars problem.

It currently costs about a billion dollars per ton of useful payload to the surface of Mars. That needs to be improved to $100k/ton to build a self-sustaining city there, so the technology needs to be 10,000 times better. Extremely difficult, but not impossible.

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The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.

These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.

Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years. Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet.

 

 

Please don’t fuck this up.

Ugh… he’s going to fuck it up in spectacular fashion isn’t he

Sad Jimmy Fallon GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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5 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

CT, Plastic Fence, eggplant

I see the above video as a net win for humanity--one less Cybertruck and one less awful plastic picket fence.

it is unfortunate that there wasn't an eggplant garden adjacent to the fence. However, I have doubts whether the Cybertruck would've been able maintain enough momentum to plow through it given its questionable "off road" capabilities.

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10 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

No, it's not the Onion:

https://jalopnik.com/abandoned-tesla-cybertruck-becomes-tourist-destination-1851643427

Abandoned Tesla Cybertruck Becomes Tourist Destination In Seattle

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Dammit, I was about to make a quick run down there and provide the Surly faithful with an update, but they removed it overnight. 

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