Fries is just as confident about the eye-watering price Musk wants for a trip to Mars. “I’m slapping down my hundred grand as soon as that fortune a Nigerian prince left me arrives. The future is so bright, I need sunglasses.”

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    10 days ago

    I believe that is a factor, who wouldn’t want to rule their own little kingdom? And nobody wants that more than a jerk that thinks they are better than everyone

    But really I think it’s gold rush style greed. Whoever gets a settlement on Mars will want to make it a truck stop to help anyone trying to explore deeper reaches of space and make ridiculous money for a long, long time

    If you can assemble and launch rockets on mars instead of Earth you can do waaay more because you’re only fighting 1/3 of gravity for each launch so you get more fuel/cargo/range