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If you didn't see this, you should. It looks impossible.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6363206138112

Musk is truly an innovative genius.
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There's a scfi trilogy of books that center around the development and use or reusable rockets. I can't remember the title but think it was Starfire. It's almost like Elon read those books and just decided to do it.
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jeepnik wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 12:00 pm There's a scfi trilogy of books that center around the development and use or reusable rockets. I can't remember the title but think it was Starfire. It's almost like Elon read those books and just decided to do it. +++
OK ok I like Musk too, but be wary, Musk believes he can save mankind by colonizing Mars. This is called a messiah complex, and his plans include deceiving the entire world via ai-chat-lies, and all of this synchronizes with the "end times" of the last days of the late-great-planet-earth, which is what Musk wants to save us from. Anybody recognize this exact proposition ? Or / And see the irony here?

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jeepnik wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 12:00 pm There's a scfi trilogy of books that center around the development and use or reusable rockets. I can't remember the title but think it was Starfire. It's almost like Elon read those books and just decided to do it.
was this the story where people ice skated on the canals in winter time, reaching around mars when travel was easy?
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My bad. The Sci-Fi book series was Fire Star. And it was four books. Fire Star, Rogue Star, Lodestar and Falling Star. And with regards to colonizing Mars, I believe that was part of the plot. Or it may have been the moon. It's been a long time since I read them.
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jeepnik wrote: Mon Oct 14, 2024 4:05 pm My bad. The Sci-Fi book series was Fire Star. And it was four books. Fire Star, Rogue Star, Lodestar and Falling Star. And with regards to colonizing Mars, I believe that was part of the plot. Or it may have been the moon. It's been a long time since I read them.
This is cool. From reading Buck Rogers Sunday comics, before I started school, I had a recurring technicolor dream of being in the back yard with my sister and watching a Buck Rogers rocket land tail down in our yard. I can still see it.

It makes me wonder about Musk's technicolor dreams.
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Ray wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:41 pm Mister Trump was asked why he liked Elon Musk and the reply was, "I like a man who flaunts convention and defies stereotypes. Who could imagine an african with twelve kids who is not behind on his child support ? !"
An African with Asberger syndrome no less; should be at home on disability and getting state-funded counseling…
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