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No, he's the evil one, just like the villain in a Bond movie. And as always it's projection with these people. Always, always projection.
Not everyone is sold on the Artemis mission, though.Elon Musk’s Mission to Take Over NASA—and Mars
The billionaire is in position to speed up plans for a voyage to the planet, with a potentially huge impact on SpaceX
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“… It is at NASA, though, where Musk is making the biggest shift in an agency’s priorities to align them with his own—both financially and personally.
He is working to recast its programs, reallocate federal spending and install loyalists to aid his decadeslong goal of sending people to Mars.
He has also worked to win backing from Trump by telling the president that getting people to Mars would shine his legacy as a “president of firsts,” according to people briefed on the conversations.
The ambition could have a potentially huge impact on SpaceX, which has emerged as the dominant space technology and operations company globally and is already one of NASA’s biggest contractors. …”
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By its timeline, NASA is on the verge of implementing the Artemis program to create a space station orbiting the Moon, supporting human access to the Moon from the orbiting station and eventually a platform for future Mars missions. China is our direct competitor.
Musk is stomping in, wanting to ditch a huge investment of planning and money on the cusp of implementation to rush his unproven tech to the forefront of skipping ahead to a manned Mars Mission. Because that is what his heart desires.
and what he is going to end up doing is setting back US space program at a time that we have real competition from China.
I think we might have already beaten the Chinese to the Moon by a few months Representative Babin.Not everyone is sold on the Artemis mission, though.
“… Officials from Trump’s Office of Management and Budget have told people about discussions under way to move U.S. government dollars toward Mars initiatives and away from programs focused on the moon and science missions.
Killing or dramatically remaking the program would unravel years of development work, but some proponents say much of the hardware for Artemis, from the SLS rocket to ground infrastructure, is too expensive, slow to produce and behind schedule.
… Any changes to the Artemis program could also affect Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, which has a contract under Artemis to develop a lander for a future moon mission. [In case you were wondering about Bezos cozying up to Trump]
… An overarching goal is to return NASA astronauts to the moon before Chinese astronauts, called taikonauts, arrive there, and some see Boeing’s SLS as the best option to do that.
“Starship? I want success out of it. But for us to beat the Chinese…it’s going to have to be SLS that does it,” Rep. Brian Babin (R., Texas) said in February. …”
But the current race for the Moon is real …I think we might have already beaten the Chinese to the Moon by a few months Representative Babin.
Yeah but does it really need to be? Why do we need to beat China to the moon two generations after we beat China to the moon? There's no real scientific or technical challenge to it that our grandfather's haven't already solved. It's really just who's willing to spend the money.But the current race for the Moon is real …
Can't disagree, on the surface. However, genuine ambitious exploration (or absence of) is a bellwether for the health and optimism of a society - it's also indicative of a society's willingness to push boundaries, beyond just the project at hand.Yeah but does it really need to be? Why do we need to beat China to the moon two generations after we beat China to the moon? There's no real scientific or technical challenge to it that our grandfather's haven't already solved. It's really just who's willing to spend the money.
So we can decide if we want to put that money towards putting 5 or 10 people in the moon or an awful lot of other great things.
Mars. Not that I'm advocating for it, but if you're looking at manned space exploration, that's the next logical target.Can't disagree, on the surface. However, genuine ambitious exploration (or absence of) is a bellwether for the health and optimism or a society - it's also indicative of a society's willingness to push boundaries, beyond just the project at hand.
The original moon landing spurred new fields of science. Robotics took off. Americans witnessed their institutions come together, in their names, and achieve paradigm altering goals. It transformed culture, technology, economics, the Cold War, amongst others.
On the surface, I don't think pouring billions into a moon landing is particularly beneficial. But in China, it's likely a project that galvanizes and offers hope. What serves as the moonshot for the US? Particularly after the rape and pillage of our research infrastructure, over the last two months.
Yeah. I edited afterwards. I'm not saying we should go to Mars. I was just answering the question of what the next moonshot would be."Mars"
Tesla's lawyers recently argued in court that the "self-driving" part of the company's Full Self-Driving Beta software some customers paid over $10,000 for was merely aspirational.
in 2013, when Elon Musk was just beginning to promise the world his cars would be self-driving. To his credit, he was predicting Tesla would be building a self-driving car by 2016
In 2014, Elon Musk continued to promise at least 90 percent self-driving by year's end
In 2015, Autopilot was fully rolled out to Model S drivers and Musk was promising the software would be able to handle freeways and simple roads in a matter of months.
2016 was the year of the now infamous demonstration video in which a Tesla Model X seemed to be driving itself. However, a former Tesla engineer recently testified he helped stage the video with Musk's full knowledge.
In April of 2017, Elon Musk said during a TED talk:
"November or December of this year, we should be able to go from a parking lot in California to a parking lot in New York, no controls touched at any point during the entire journey."
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Elon Musk Has Been Promising Self-Driving Cars For 10 Years [Update - We Are Now On Year 11] - Jalopnik
Elon Musk has been promising self-driving cars are right around the corner for the last decade. And what a decade it’s been! Full of scandal, intrigue, and poorly manufactured cars and car accessories. We’ve seen the rise of the electric vehicle, the death of the affordable American car and the...www.jalopnik.com
I don't need to quote from each additional year. You get the point.
"The stated goals of Mars landings in 2026 and 2028 do not correspond to a comprehensive, articulated plan. It’s simply the next open launch window, when Earth and Mars are in conjunction on the same side of the solar system, and transfers to that planet require the least amount of energy. It’s like announcing a camping trip on your next available weekend, without having purchased any camping supplies. And your car is in the shop. And has exploded."
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Sending People to Mars Now Would Cost Trillions and Can’t Work
Elon Musk and Donald Trump have announced ambitious plans to send a mission to Mars in 2026 and 2028. It’s not going to happenwww.scientificamerican.com
There's also a profound problem with a sieg heiling, richest man on the planet, who is actively destabilizing nations, and views every project from a narcissist's lens serving as the face of the endeavor. Such a public symbol doesn't inspire, it creates resistance.