NASA: We're sending humans to Mars

Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars by kiba on Tuesday December 02, 2014 @08:30PM (#8691325)

SpaceX's mission to colonize Mars isn't about making money, it's about colonizing Mars.

But SpaceX needs to make money to make colonization of Mars happen.

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Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars by jp555 on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @12:56PM (#8695235)

I'm not sure what your point is exactly.

Making money is about making things people want. Colonizing Mars is the thing that people want; and every step towards that goal (launch vehicles, human spacecraft, etc) bootstraps them onto the next step. Much like how Amazon works; they forfeit profit today to invest in not just tomorrow, but several decades from now.

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Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars by CamperBob2 on Tuesday December 02, 2014 @10:23PM (#8691731)

If they were ready to make a serious attempt, I'm sure they could pull the funding together with sponsorships alone.

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