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  • Why would anyone want a one-way ticket to Mars?

    Elaine Ou, Bloomberg View|Oct 6, 2016

    SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made a splash at the International Astronautical Conference in Mexico with his plans for an Interplanetary Transport System, along with a disturbingly inspirational ultimatum: “There are really two fundamental paths. One path is we stay on Earth forever and there will be some eventual extinction event. . . . The alternative is to become a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species, which, I hope you would agree, that is the right way to go.” Unless we slip the surly bonds of Earth, humankind is doomed. The onl...

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