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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by nixos on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @12:36AM (#12595437)
The same reason Apple bothers me.

Today, I don't care. His clients know what they're getting involved with, and if they don't care, I don't either.

My concern is when he does go to Mars, he'll have hundreds of people signing up not realizing that he's putting lives on a beta rocket.

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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by mentando on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:25AM (#12596184)
Oh, he clearly stated that lives would be at risk for the first flights. I can only imagine the contracts you have to sign, when signing up. If those people do not read them, you cannot blame Musk.
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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by hx87 on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @01:41PM (#12599647)
He's very upfront about the risks to the first visitors/colonists. His first screening questions for applicants is literally "Are you prepared to die?"
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