Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars

Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by irrational on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:47PM (#14571654)

Everyone is going to die, but few will be remembered. Those who first go to Mars will be remembered long after their deaths. Whether they are remembered as being crazy or colonizers, they will be remembered. For many that is enough.

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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by huxley on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:26PM (#14572391)

Most people have trouble naming more than 3 Apollo astronauts, I wouldn't hold out much hope for living in people's memories.

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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by irrational on Saturday June 17, 2017 @02:49AM (#14574640)

I'm thinking more of history books or Wikipedia type of remembering.

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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by grondilu on Friday June 16, 2017 @02:58PM (#14571754)

Again, we're not talking about going to mars for the sake of it, like someone climbing the Everest because nobody has ever done it.

There's even a saying : "nobody remembers the second person who climbed the Everest".

We're talking about colonization, not Everest-like conquest. Most colonizers will be anonymous. Whatever goals they'll have, fame will not be one of them.

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Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars by irrational on Saturday June 17, 2017 @02:52AM (#14574643)

I'm not even sure who the first person was, but I bet Wikipedia can tell me their names. That's the kind of remembering I'm thinking of.

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