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Wednesday October 5th, 2016 with Phelonius Friar
Elon Musk details his life's work of building a sustainable colony on Mars (Part 2 of 2)

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Elon Musk presenting at IAC2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico on Tuesday, September 27, 2016: https://youtu.be/J592c7bAyWc IAC2016: https://www.iac2016.org/ For those who wish to stalk me, here is the talk I gave at IAC2014: http://www.iafastro.net/iac/browse.lite/IAC-14/D5/3/
Elon Musk presenting at IAC2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 (Part 2 of 2)
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farrell
Just a thought (yes, I know they are dangerous...), but would the colonists who lived in Musk's Mars colony be called Muskovites?

9:51 PM, October 4th, 2016
Phelonius Friar (host)
They will serve alcohol in Mars Bars?

10:07 AM, October 5th, 2016
Phelonius Friar (host)
Their design was specific so it could land on any surface (solid or liquid) in the solar system (versus needing an atmosphere or particular geography. The idea is to be able to explore any planet or moon in the solar system!

10:20 AM, October 5th, 2016
farrell
A return to our Moon would be a good symbolic mission, and generate lots of publicity, too!

10:23 AM, October 5th, 2016
farrell
Also, it would be a good practice for shipping supplies, and rendezvous between lander and supply ships around other orbits than Earth. And the supply ships could be used to build a space station in Lunar orbit.

10:27 AM, October 5th, 2016
Phelonius Friar (host)
Heh, Musk will just skip the moon and head right to Mars. He just doesn't see any value to using the moon as an intermediate step. China and India are certainly looking at the moon though and we can expect a lot of activity there over the next couple of decades.

10:38 AM, October 5th, 2016
farrell
I just saw this...""NEW SHEPARD IN-FLIGHT ESCAPE TEST WEBCAST BEGINS AT 11 AM ET " https://www.blueorigin.com/#youtubebqUIX3Z4r3k

10:42 AM, October 5th, 2016
Phelonius Friar (host)
The New Shepard by Blue Origin is an amazing success as well, and I'm very excited to keep up with their progress! Thanks for the heads up!

10:50 AM, October 5th, 2016
farrell
NP, and belated Happy Birthday!

10:54 AM, October 5th, 2016
Phelonius Friar (host)
Thanks for tuning in, and I don't feel a day over 137!

10:57 AM, October 5th, 2016