Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 65/@comment-25763997-20161003025031

I'm starting to think Elon Musk is a bit too optomistically insane.

"Musk’s intention of building giant rockets (the first possibly named “Heart Of Gold”) capable of carrying 100 people at a time to the Red Planet may not be as pie-in-the-sky as you think if he can get the estimated $10 billion in public/private money needed to finance them. He wants ultimately to have a colony of one million on Mars within the next 40 – 100 years."

Legit 1 million people in 40-100 years is a bit crazy. I can see a lot going wrong. Musk has done a lot in the field of science, but this is a bit on the iffy side. Also 10 billion for the first flight seems also a bit low.

He's also said that the first mission is basically a near-suicide mission.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2016/10/01/can-elon-musk-really-get-us-to-mars-within-10-years/#2c8f358f4802

I would however be impressed if he does it.