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@arstechnica seems like it would be easier not to trash the habitable planet we already live on, but what do I know about Science?

@arstechnica Sure. And it will be as reliable and resilient as a cybertruck.

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As long as all the billionaires go on a one-way trip, that's fine.

@benroyce @birdpoof @arstechnica I’m thinking more like “The Marching Morons”.

@arstechnica It's just so breathtakingly stupid. Let's go across a vast distance to get to a place where there's no breathable atmosphere and minimal water, because that concept is simply sexier than taking systematic steps to fix the one-in-a-million planet we already live on.

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"This will require an absurd amount of launches, 10 per day, and the dispatch of a fleet of hundreds of vehicles to Mars during the short-trip trajectory window that opens between Earth and the red planet every 26 months. Ultimately, while it is challenging, Musk believes that humans could terraform a 'fixer-upper' planet like Mars."

Please, you're KILLING me here. The guy's been snorting his own date rape drug supply far too long.

@ralfmaximus @arstechnica

“Please join me in welcoming the CEO of SpaceX”
[55 gallon drum of ketamine walks on stage]

@ralfmaximus @arstechnica

All the SpaceX rocket launches now are serving to destroy our Earthly environment FASTER and add more dangerous space junk to our orbit. What a fucktard.

@birdpoof @arstechnica

Exactly. He calls Mars a "fixer upper" but ignores the already inhabitable planet we have right here, that he's destroying.

Also, I wanna see Musk colonize antarctica before tackling Mars. At least you can breathe the air.

@ralfmaximus @arstechnica

I'd rather he not be allowed to touch ANYTHING on/in/under/above this planet. Antarctica has all our remaining ice cover--he would absolutely melt it all in a single year himself if he could.

@arstechnica folks, what are we doing here

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Why do you give this gasbag any credibility?!? His claims are absolutely thorough nonsense.

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"this time the vision seems tangible"

For the last time, do *not* accept drinks from that man.

@arstechnica so many people hating on space exploration because Musk is pushing it further than anyone has in decades. Musk is a POS but space exploration is cool and we should keep doing it. Y’all would’ve complained about reaching the South Pole a hundred years ago too.

@jcriecke @arstechnica space exploration is cool.

Space colonization is exceedingly difficult, and it's a sick joke to think Musk can do it in our lifetimes.

@arstechnica I am begging publications to stop taking nonsense out of this man’s mouth at face value, and actually do the legwork of fact checking him before posting.

@arstechnica Eric Berger is basically Musk’s publicist, I find it interesting that Ars took him off the space beat but for some reason continue to publish his completely uncritical fanboy pieces on SpaceX.

He completely ignores the question of who would pay for this Marslift of millions of tons a year to a place with no economic utility at all. As has always been the case with SpaceX, the answer is of course the US taxpayer, who can’t dodge their taxes as easily as Mr. Musk.

@arstechnica Unfortunately, Space Karen has a long and storied history of talking out of the wrong hole.

He's best ignored, or laughed at.

@arstechnica hope we'll make it....Elon or not, Mars is not too far and could be full of surprises (good or bad)

@arstechnica ah the weird nerds falling for the same Conman's BS for the upteenth time... And for all those wishing it will be the billionaires going to mars, more like it will be a one way free ride to anyone who disagrees with them or considered undesirable by them, involuntarily.

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He won't even get on his own rockets to get to low earth orbit. Why should anyone trust him for a trip to another planet?

@arstechnica musk is a neonazi, profascist billionaire ruining the planet. Stop covering his fantasies.