>A ridiculous proposition. Anyone who can not think of a potential profit motive for going to Mars isn't thinking very big or very long. Making a list is left as an exercise to the reader.
Right, right. Because there's... well, and there's... Hmmmmm. My list is surprisingly empty beyond the Red Bull thing.
>But for the initial trip, whereby he proves his company and technology?
Again, nobody is going to piss away a trillion dollars to "prove his company and technology". Even Musk doesn't have that kind of money.
>That's what the $50 billion and more-than-a-decade is for.
I'm beginning to think you've never worked on a project bigger than cleaning the garage.
>You are the only one on the planet who I have heard of who suggests the cost would approach anything near $1T. It is you who is way off the mark when compared to professional estimates.
Every credible estimate I've seen is around the $1T mark, so I'm far from the "only on on the planet".
Right, right. Because there's... well, and there's... Hmmmmm. My list is surprisingly empty beyond the Red Bull thing.
>But for the initial trip, whereby he proves his company and technology?
Again, nobody is going to piss away a trillion dollars to "prove his company and technology". Even Musk doesn't have that kind of money.
>That's what the $50 billion and more-than-a-decade is for.
I'm beginning to think you've never worked on a project bigger than cleaning the garage.
>You are the only one on the planet who I have heard of who suggests the cost would approach anything near $1T. It is you who is way off the mark when compared to professional estimates.
Every credible estimate I've seen is around the $1T mark, so I'm far from the "only on on the planet".