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Re:To Elon Musk and the Model S: Congratulations by stcredzero on Saturday June 30, 2012 @07:43PM (#4183181)
The first individuals to reach North America didn't become ultra-rich. But North America did eventually produce unprecedented new wealth.

Zubrin has argued that the colonization of Mars is analogous to North America, and will produce unprecendented wealth.

http://www.nss.org/settlement/mars/zubrin-promise.html

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Re:To Elon Musk and the Model S: Congratulations by mohawk on Sunday July 01, 2012 @08:54AM (#4184581)
Hate to be a pedant, but the first people who reached North America were massacred by the ones who followed.
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Re:To Elon Musk and the Model S: Congratulations by stcredzero on Sunday July 01, 2012 @11:34AM (#4185027)
> Hate to be a pedant, but the first people who reached North America were massacred by the ones who followed.

No, good point. That one doesn't count as pedantry on your part, but as a d'oh on my part!

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