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

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @02:18AM 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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Re:Is this anything other than a press release? by BringsApples · 2014-09-23 04:22 · Score: 3, Interesting

I wish I had mod points for you. Imagine shipping off for 6 months, excited to begin a new. That whole six months, you are thinking about what the future holds, what exciting new things there will be to explore, or at the very least, experience. Then *PSSSHHH*, the doors open, and you are basically in Antarctica - for LIFE!

No thanks.

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