Elon Musk's Latest Idea: Let's Nuke Mars

KindMind writes: The Register reports that Elon Musk, in an appearance on the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, said that to begin with, human residents on the red planet would need to live in "transparent domes." Before a move to more hospitable habitats, one needs only "to warm it up" and Musk thinks there's a fast way and a slow way to do that. The fast way "is drop thermonuclear weapons over the poles" and the slow way "is to release greenhouse gases, like we are doing on Earth."

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Re:Greenhouse gasses?

[ErikTheRed]

Well, since Elon Musk funds all of his ideas with government money, why should he give a shit if it actually works or not? I'm pretty sure the guy has never made a dime of profit that wasn't picked from the taxpayers' pockets.