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Elon Musk Hints 1st Person To Mars May Go Via New Brownsville Spaceport

Posted by timothy on from the good-seats-not-yet-available dept.

MarkWhittington writes If SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has his way, the first astronaut to set foot on Mars may begin his or her journey from the new commercial spaceport being built at Boca Chica Beach, just outside Brownsville, Texas. The Texas Tribune reported on Monday that Musk made the suggestion at the ground breaking ceremony of the commercial spaceport. The ceremony was also attended by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and various other Texas politicians and dignitaries, Musk's desire to establish a Mars colony and even retire to the Red Planet himself is not a secret.

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  1. Re:One's dreams may be superseded by TheCarp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then he will spend his latter years telling people how he traveled to Mars before it was cool.

    --
    "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
  2. Re:Is this anything other than a press release? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, "We're building a [cool thing] and [cool related activity] might happen there" isn't really meaningful outside of a PR office.

    Because nobody on /. wants to go into space or go to Mars.

    We all live in our mom's basement and are afraid to go outside.

  3. Re:Is this anything other than a press release? by sexconker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because there is no reason to colonize Antarctica. It has all the negatives without any of the positives.

    Penguins are a huge positive.