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Re: Dear Moon

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:18 AM UTC

viburnum wrote: post #36

This is an expensive, pointless stunt, and all you nerds have you're priorities screwed up if you think it's a good idea.

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Re: Dear Moon

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Post by zherbert » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:18 AM UTC

adtac wrote: post #28

zherbert wrote: post #25

This guy is only worth $3B, he may be spending half of his entire net worth to make this happen. I hope he inspires the richest billionaires of the world to fund such lofty ventures.

$10M-$20M is more than sufficient for a few generations (in a 100-200 years, our current understanding of the concept of money might not even be relevant, so it's pointless to plan for anything more than that). Anything more is just throwaway cash IMO. If you had the opportunity to become the first private citizen to go to the moon, you'd be stupid to not cement your legacy like that.

I couldn't agree more

Re: Dear Moon

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Post by mabbo » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:20 AM UTC

It's worth keeping in mind "Elon Time". 2023 is a "no earlier than" date. It's if everything goes to plan, no new problems arise.

I'd love to see it happen on schedule but I have doubts.

Re: Dear Moon

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Post by beamatronic » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:21 AM UTC

askafriend wrote: post #4

Honestly, this is beautiful. Let's fucking do it. No seriously...let's do it. We're humans - this is the kind of funny, beautiful, impossible stuff we can uniquely do. Capital allocation? Bleh, don't be so boring and uninspired!

#yolo applied to an entire species

Re: Dear Moon

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Post by abledon » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:22 AM UTC

I hope the musician they choose isn't a pop artist like Justin Bieber or Cardi B. that would just be such a waste lol.

Re: Dear Moon

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:22 AM UTC

viburnum wrote: post #39

darawk wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Life is an expensive, pointless stunt. What is your point?

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/03/its-basically-just-im...

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Re: Dear Moon

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Post by Tuxer » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:23 AM UTC

nerdb0t wrote: post #33

consz wrote: post #5

Wouldn't it be easier to train astronauts to be artists than to train artists to be astronauts?

lol.. have an upvote. i think everyone replying to you just got wooshed.

did no one see armageddon, seriously?

Re: Dear Moon

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Post by darawk » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:25 AM UTC

viburnum wrote: post #39

darawk wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Life is an expensive, pointless stunt. What is your point?

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/03/its-basically-just-im...

And yet, you're here, commenting on Hackernews, when you could be donating your computer and time to the poor. Note how the authors stops at 'even millions' presumably, just shy of the order of magnitude of his own net worth. Funny how that tends to shake out: "Everyone richer than me is immoral for keeping their money".

Re: Dear Moon

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Post by jdoliner » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

Reminds me a little bit of this: http://www.povray.org/posters/

Re: Dear Moon

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Post by mmanfrin » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 2:26 AM UTC

empath75 wrote: post #22

The director obviously has to be Jim Cameron if his health holds up.

Not sure why you got downvoted. James Cameron makes a lot of sense, as he was the first person to pilot a sub to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.