Support NeoGAF

[Alexlf]

lol, dude wasn't paying attention to the presentation, too focused on his question.

 

[Jarmel]

I just tuned in.

We don't deserve to get off this planet.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

What the fuck?

 

[RandomExpletive]

Other guy on mic "stop"

jeez audience you're killing me

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Gawd. Kick everybody out.

 

[eyeball_kid]

This is so embarrassing. I can't believe they're just letting anyone off the street ask questions.

 

[_woLf]

How the fuck did these people get invited to the IAC?

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Michael Cera getting shitted on at a SpaceX event. Amazing.

 

[Newt]

Magnetic fields don't matter much in creating an atmosphere. Sure solar wind can erode an atmosphere in 1 billion years, but thats irrelevant. Venus has the thickest atmosphere of all the rocks in our solar system and it has no magnetic field.

 

[Barnaby_Jones]

Michael Cera is the most expendable human ever. You heard it here first guys!

 

[kAmui-]

Where the hell did they get this audience? This is terrible.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Elon, why do you hate non-Americans? Ironic question considering Elon wasn't born in the US.

Immigrants tend to have a tighter and more exceptional view of America and Americans.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Embarrasing.

These questions make me want to say Fuck Humanity

 

[Epsilon-delta]

They need better screening or screening in the first place.

 

[KHarvey16]

Waiting for "Elon, Hillary or Trump"

I can only assume Hillary, but know from previous statements it definitely isn't Trump.

 

[GulAtiCa]

Loving this talk so far.

 

[ckohler]

Who are these people at this conference? Do they just let anyone come in and attempt lame comedy at a man who literally just laid out a REAL plan for human, interplanetary colonization?!

 

[TheOMan]

Who is in this audience???

 

[jmdajr]

I just tuned in.

We don't deserve to get off this planet.

I hear ya

 

[Inuhanyou]

Did you watch the stream? It's something like a 80 - 110 day trip. Mars isn't that far.

That's a pretty long way for something to go wrong in space, either by way of malfunction or otherwise, setting the whole project back years.

It just sounds so fantastical a priority when we don't even have the technology to make it viable on a mass level that matters for most people here on earth. with so many risks for so little rewards, it feels trite when there are so many other things one could invest that money into.

Even if you colonize mars with a very small encampment, your still looking at being fully dependent on the earth for most things. And if the intent of the project is to preserve humanity in case of some shit hitting the fan, if life here goes bye bye, its just a matter of slow death or fast death being trapped up there.

 

[Shiloa]

Omg what the fuck is with these questions

I want to move to Mars to get away from this

 

[superdeluxe]

Next time you should have to pass a 'Don't be an Idiot' test.

 

[Fersis]

Michael Cera's memes and funnyordie shot outs?
Who the hell are these folks?

I understand why Musk wants to zone out off the earth

 

[The Chef]

Damn, haha.

Oh well, I have things to do anyway!

But then it went very downhill again so you made the right call.

"Hey Elon! This is so and so from Funnie Or Die and i was wondering if blah blah blah"

 

[chrizzz09]

Hmm maybe they shouldn't allow questions on their next keynote

 

[Woorloog]

Magnetic fields don't matter much in creating an atmosphere. Sure solar wind can erode an atmosphere in 1 billion years, but thats irrelevant. Venus has the thickest atmosphere of all the rocks in our solar system and it has no magnetic field.

Err, the solar particle radiation would still be a problem. Terraformed Mars would not have thick atmosphere so it alone might not be enough.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

I didn't understand the Funny or Die comment. Like what?

 

[TakeItSlowDude]

lol at the people trying use this event to shill their projects/products.

 

[Xrenity]

Embarrasing.

These questions make me want to say Fuck Humanity

At this point Elon probably just wants to get away from Earth and nuke it after he's left.

 

[TyrantII]

Michael Cera is the most expendable human ever. You heard it here first guys!

You learn something new every day!

 

[Tugatrix]

Christ that bathroom question is better than this two last guys

 

[blu]

How?

The way we do it on earth - via electric currents. Also it's not clear we'd need to have a pan-planetary field - just a shield between what's important and that source of harmful ions.

 

[superdeluxe]

I do like how Elon side stepped the Michael Cera question and stuck with how to get people back from Mars.

 

[Shy]

These questions.

 

[Tacitus_]

Scale is the problem.

If you want to terraform. Shouldn't be too hard to get an EM field around a smallish settlement-

 

[Oriel]

Use this audience as the test articles for trips to Mars. Doesn't matter if they don't come back.

 

[Laurentius]

I do like how Elon side stepped the Michael Cera question and stuck with how to get people back from Mars.

Especially given how he actually spoke in the talk about how they have plans for return trips. That moron didn't even pay attention to the talk.

 

[Krakatoa]

Elon, We can't go to the bottom of the ocean

 

[KHarvey16]

That's a pretty long way for something to go wrong in space, either by way of malfunction or otherwise, setting the whole project back years.

It just sounds so fantastical a priority when we don't even have the technology to make it viable on a mass level that matters for most people here on earth. with so many risks for so little rewards, it feels trite when there are so many other things one could invest that money into.

Even if you colonize mars with a very small encampment, your still looking at being fully dependent on the earth for most things. And if the intent of the project is to preserve humanity in case of some shit hitting the fan, if life here goes bye bye, its just a matter of slow death or fast death being trapped up there.

Lol, so how do we start then?

I'd love to see you next to the first person to sail a long distance. "You know man, something could go wrong. We should just stay here and spend money on improving candles or something."

 

[SigSig]

Can we just shoot the people asking these questions to mars?

 

[Benedict]

The fuckers trying to advertise their crappy websites, comics and other shit with their questions are embarrassing and idiotic.

 

[Jarmel]

I hate humanity.

I hate us so much.

 

[Disxo]

Third wife here

 

[superdeluxe]

OMG.

Good night kiss.

 

[Killthee]

THIS AUDIENCE.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Can we just shoot the people asking these questions to mars?

Set them on fire.

 

[TheOMan]

LOL, he started blushing.

Boy oh boy, he's probably thinking humanity doesn't deserve to survive.

 

[SpecX]

lol These people aren't taking this serious.

 

[Oriel]

Can we JUST have space journos asking the questions please? VETTING!

 

[TyrantGuardian]

Kill me.