Why Does Elon Musk Want To Go To Mars?

"Forget the Roadster and the Semi — Tesla’s fate still hinges on the Model 3"

"...Some analysts feared that the truck and the Roadster would prove to be an expensive distraction for the company, which has never posted a profit and currently describes itself as in “production hell” trying to get the Model 3 out the door. Production of the truck and the sports car are aimed at 2019 and 2020 releases, respectively.

Tesla spent $1.1 billion on its auto business in the most recent quarter, and it expects expenses of $1 billion in the current one. The company had about $3.5 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of September 30th. At the current cash-burn rate, Tesla would likely be down to about $1 billion in cash by the end of the first quarter of 2018. That’s not good, and the potential outcome of such an event helps explain the timing of the Roadster’s reveal.

“I feel there is a combination of throwing out a bright, shiny object for the media and fans to focus on and then using that as yet another way to raise capital,” said Sam Abuelsamid, an analyst for Navigant. “Tesla is burning cash at an alarming rate and another share sale or sale of more junk bonds would be problematic.”"

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Q: Why would he want to go to Mars?

A: Because it's there, and also the same reason people move to the suburbs and the country, to get away from Basketball-Americans.

You mean the North American continent, which had forests full of animals, rivers full of fish, fields ready for planting, and a population of people already living there? And Mars has what?

Deflecting the issue. The simple fact is that the Earth is too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in. If we want to survive as a species, it is in our best interests to have a viable portion of our populous somewhere else.

he is a hybrid...look closely at him

Low taxes.

To propagate humanity throughout space because if an ELE were to happen we would not know, because that information would be dangerous.

If people in the Mars terrarium are cut off

because of a earth ELE...

how long do the Mars people live?

longer than terrestrials

He is a Mars worshipper

Exploring is one thing, living there is different. We are part of this Earth and do not belong anywhere else unless we send our virus out there.

Until they run out of gas.. and air... and/or pressure.. or food.. or water... or...

And which do you consider more likely;

that the Mars Terrarium in the instant death environment gets snuffed out

or that the population of Earth does?

Mars is smaller than Earth and has limited resources for biology, although it may contain mineral resources.,

The Earth is our Life Womb.

The universe out there is nothing but sudden death.

Dirt.

So what?

Because the Earth is flat and Mars is round

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strange looking cat

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wow - lots of superficial comments about how a person looks - because that is all that really matters, right?


flock of sheep

and a getter of grants

The unhappiness of Elon Musk:

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"I want to try to think about the future and not be sad."

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You need things like that to be glad to wake up in the morning."

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Elon Musk has a gaping hole in his heart that can only be filled by God.

Musk Predicts First Mars Short Space Trip In 2019; Sees Martian Colonies With "Pizza Joints And Night Clubs"

"Seemingly unbothered by such trivial and mundane developments such as the recent price action of Tesla, which unlike many of its money-burning "story" peers has seen its stock languish this year amid growing sellside skepticism and downgrades, Elon Musk told an audience at South by Southwest to think big, and that his timeline for sending a space vehicle to Mars could mark its first short space flight as early as the first half of 2019.

...But back to Musk's grand visions of humanity's next bold step to Mars: the SpaceX CEO held a surprise Q&A session at the annual technology and culture festival South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on Sunday, where according to CNBC he told attendees that "we are building the first Mars, or interplanetary ship, and I think well be able to short trips, flights by first half of next year."

Of course, when it comes to Musk and his calendar milestones, one should add a decade just to be safe. And indeed, mindful of elevating expectations too high, Musk hedged: "Although sometimes, my timelines are a little, you know..." he said to laughter."

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Elon Musk says he may have depression, just like millions of overworked Americans in their 40s and 50s

Musk, the chief executive and founder of Tesla TSLA, +0.13% spoke of his “great highs, terrible lows and unrelenting stress” while answering questions on Twitter TWTR, -2.05% this week. “Don’t think people want to hear about the last two,” he added. And, while he has not been diagnosed with depression, Musk suggested that he may be bipolar. It’s important to distinguish between normal ups and downs and clinical depression, but there has been a rise in the latter among people of Musk’s age. Whatever the reality, his tweets shed a light on an often taboo subject.

The reality is great highs, terrible lows and unrelenting stress. Don't think people want to hear about the last two.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2017

Musk, 46, is approaching the age when the risk of depression increases. Some 11% of Generation X-ers, born between 1965 and 1979, reported being currently treated for depression, according to a 2015 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey of 173,655 adults, second only to 14% of baby boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964. The number of Generation X-ers who were treated for depression is nearly double the percentage for millennials (7%), the survey found.

Studies show that depression has risen among middle-aged American men over the last decade. And while depression is more likely to affect lower-income people it’s also common among high achievers including Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln.

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“If you could buy yourself out of depression, many people would,” says Mark Hamrick, Washington, D.C. bureau chief at personal-finance site Bankrate.com. “This is a person who is incredibly motivated and active in ways that few of us can actually imagine. Clearly, given his accomplishments, he’s driven and an intellectual giant along with Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and Albert Einstein.”

“This is a case where his crown is also his cross,” Hamrick says. It’s difficult to keep going at that pace 24/7, says Hamrick, who — as president of the National Press Club in 2011 — hosted Musk in Washington, D.C. “As someone who was talking in 2011 about going to Mars and, given that we’re not even going to the Moon right now, you can imagine he’s taking his own temperature relative to his own aspirations.”

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He wants to go to mars but can't even make it to the moon.

It's too "hard"

Amazing how the chinese are doing it better, russians are doing it better, but elon is praised as an innovator.

Stupid people are easily amused, his rockets flying up and landing are putting people in this awe, but really NASA mastered that 60 years ago.

What is elon doing that's so great?

WE still have to go through russia to get our astronauts on the ISS.