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WarGamer

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7. The next launch window is November 2026...

Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:40 PM

Jan 21

With no regulatory roadblocks... SpaceX could pull it off.

They have announced an increased frequency of Starship test launches

Basically they need to put a Starship in orbit, send several more to refuel it... and have a viable landing and exploration mission planned.

I'd expect to see numerous rovers and a handful of Optimus robots on the mission.

SpaceX is fucking AWESOME just as much as Elon Musk is an asshole.

I grew up in the late 60's and early 70's taking old washing machine boxes from out by the curb and taking it in the house and using watercolor paints and markers, turning the box into a spaceship

I watched the moon landings...

I don't give a rat's ass if Jerry Seinfeld or Mickey Mouse gets us to Mars... let's go!!

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Mars?? [View all] Greyhead Jan 21 OP

Hope the eggs and housing up there are super cheap. meadowlander Jan 21 #1

I would think we could cancel all space programs multigraincracker Jan 21 #2

How would that recoup the quarter billion Elon spent getting Trump reelected? meadowlander Jan 21 #3

No. Wherever and by whomever this was said (I guess Trump), it's complete bullshit. muriel_volestrangler Jan 21 #4

at this point we do not yet have the technology lapfog_1 Jan 21 #5

Over a thirty year period, the Space Shuttle flew 135 times and had 2 total losses with 14 fatalities. WarGamer Jan 21 #9

do not tell me about the Space Shuttle disasters lapfog_1 Jan 21 #12

No, no, no... I was arguing the opposite WarGamer Jan 21 #14

Challenger loss is what inspired me to work for NASA lapfog_1 Jan 21 #18

While you are 100% correct Wiz Imp Jan 21 #13

It's just another Musk scam. dalton99a Jan 21 #6

The next launch window is November 2026... WarGamer Jan 21 #7

but lets not send people. lapfog_1 Jan 21 #15

+100... robots and unmanned rovers. 8K video rolling and invite the WORLD to watch. WarGamer Jan 21 #16

Muskrat hopes to make a fortune,... magicarpet Jan 21 #8

I'm sure he's on a cost plus plan. Greyhead Jan 21 #11

If God wanted us to be on Mars he would have put us there - (Insert sarcasm thingy here) tulipsandroses Jan 21 #10

Actually God does want some of us to be trans lapfog_1 Jan 21 #17

It's a ridiculous prediction and it would be a suicide mission. Oopsie Daisy Jan 21 #19

Send them the Matt Damon movie "The Martian" milestogo Jan 21 #20

Will it be a Tesla Cybertruck? Will it have a rifle rack in the back window? Trump Stickers? Ping Tung Jan 21 #21