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1. jfoster · 1790566739 · focus · HN ↗

   In the trailer, there's this line: "When Musk says that the future of humanity is to colonize Mars, he is selling us dreams. That's not happening."

   That irritates me a lot. Everything extremely difficult (or thought to be impossible) is a dream until someone (or some company) works hard on it and invests in it for a long time. Those that would criticize Musk & SpaceX for chipping away at this seem to be effectively saying "do not try."

   1. gregschlom · 1790567017 · focus · HN ↗

      Funny, for me it's the opposite: I get extremely irritated when Musk or someone else says the future of humanity is to colonize Mars. If you think you can turn a bare rock into a livable planet, please do something about Earth and global warming first.

      1. modeless · 1790570516 · focus · HN ↗

         He made an electric car the into the best selling car in the world, and is building the largest solar cell factory in the US. What more should he personally be doing about global warming?

         1. runtime_terror · 1790570807 · focus · HN ↗

            Those rockets generate zero CO2 right? Oh wait...

            1. modeless · 1790570939 · focus · HN ↗

               It's a rounding error next to the savings from the electric cars.

               1. runtime_terror · 1790571116 · focus · HN ↗

                  This guy has actively sabotaged rail systems in multiple cities, how much of a negative impact has that had?

                  Let's just stop claiming he actually cares about the environment and that he just wants wealth and power and he saw a business opportunity taking over Tesla.

                  1. jfoster · 1790656214 · focus · HN ↗

                     Actively sabotaged by doing what? California went ahead with high speed rail. How is it going? You want more of that?

                     1. runtime_terror · 1790694691 · focus · HN ↗

                        So you don't remember his Hyperloop "invention" media circus targeted at California high speed rail? What about DOGE targeting the same? What about the Boring company pitching his dumb car tubes?

                        He's a car salesman doing what a billionaire car salesman does.

                        1. DonHopkins · 1791013480 · focus · HN ↗

                           All I want is a refund!

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