forged Astronomy’sPhil Plaitrecently chaffer the SpaceX mental synthesis factory . His visit also include a New World chat with CEO Elon Musk . This should excite you . Plait is a consummate wonk , and Elon Musk is Elon Musk . Bring them together and you ’re constipate to get good thing ( the inverted comma up top , for instance ) .
in the beginning today , Plait recounted his conversation with Musk , and its unplumbed influence on his sensing of SpaceX ’s Martian ambitions , ina must - take blog post :
We lecture about various theme for a while — the movieInterstellar , the history of SpaceX , terraforming Mars … and that was when I said something dense .
“ I know Mars is a long - full term goal for SpaceX , ” I started . Then , pretty much as an aside , I said , “ because you desire to retire on Mars … ”
Musk got a pained tone on his face . “ No , that ’s wrong . That ’s not why I want to get to Mars . That quote is froman article in the Guardian . They pushed me for a sound bite , ask if I want to retire on Mars . I finally said yes . When I retire — hopefully before I go senile — and eventually pop off , then Mars is as practiced a place to die as any . ”
That line made me laugh ; it ’s far better than anything printed in the Guardian article .
But still , I was taken aback . “ OK then , the article desire a sexy quote and got one . But if that ’s not the ground , what is it ? ”
Musk did n’t hesitate . “ Humans need to be a multiplanet species , ” he replied .
And pretty much at that minute my thinking reorganized itself .
show the rest at Slate .
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