Succesful launch of Falcon Heavy

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But think about it, a wacko who thinks it makes sense to launch an electric car into space has a better space program than the US.

Musk is impressive. His work is the Apollo launches of this era! Impressive accomplishments. When I first read of his goals, thought pie in the sky. Soon, I believe a private entity might make it to Mars before any nation.

I disagree with his space goals. I believe artificial orbital space colonies in the vision of Gerard K O'Neil - spinning to give you what ever simulated gravity you want - are the future - not colonizing frozen snowballs like Mars. The first steps to building those are settlements on the moon and near-Earth asteroids to mine them for the necessary materials.

That said: I LOVE Musk. He has visions totally lacked by the government. He has the will and the skill to make the world a better place. Thank goodness for guys like him and Jeff Bezos.