Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
by grondilu on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:20PM
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NASA doesn't have the same objectives than Musk regarding mars. And I did not call Musk an idiot.
Look, I understand people can have dreams that I neither understand nor approve. As you correctly pointed out, as long as they don't divert tax payer money to fund them, I'm more or less fine with it.
Yet, when I see someone doing something that I consider silly, or even suicidal (for mars the term is almost appropriate), I feel compelled to at least say it loud. Like if I saw Franz Reichelt just before he jumped from the Eiffel tower[1]. I would say "don't do that, you'll kill yourself" and nobody should blame me for saying that. Well, in the case of the colonization of mars, to me that sounds like a terribly wasteful and dangerous idea, and I feel compelled to say it whenever the subject comes up.
Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
by bufbupa on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:38PM
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Sorry, didn't mean to put words in your mouth. I think you made a fair point. I was just responding with the other side of the coin to bring a little yang to the yin :)
Look, I understand people can have dreams that I neither understand nor approve. As you correctly pointed out, as long as they don't divert tax payer money to fund them, I'm more or less fine with it.
Yet, when I see someone doing something that I consider silly, or even suicidal (for mars the term is almost appropriate), I feel compelled to at least say it loud. Like if I saw Franz Reichelt just before he jumped from the Eiffel tower[1]. I would say "don't do that, you'll kill yourself" and nobody should blame me for saying that. Well, in the case of the colonization of mars, to me that sounds like a terribly wasteful and dangerous idea, and I feel compelled to say it whenever the subject comes up.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gsnVntGoxM