Trip to Mars

[DeusxMac]

Elon Musk plotting out now at SpaceX.com now.

(Sorry, for late notification.)

[cbelt3]

Actually he's planning on going PAST Mars. Most futurists believe that an industrial colony in the asteroids is 'easier' (from an energy perspective), and more likely. Getting in and out of a gravity well like a planet.. well, that takes a lot of Joules.

[Dennis S]

Can he legally send someone to Mars if they won't come back and die there?

[DeusxMac]

The ITS video used at Musk's presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qo78R_yYFA

The full presentation (with poor sound??):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azwNjXpycyM

Much of the presentation with decent sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sY_5vSxmLQ

Dennis S wrote:
Can he legally send someone to Mars if they won't come back and die there?

They'd be volunteers. He wouldn't be "sending" them.

[jdc]