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by Zigurd 134 days ago
Some of you are trying to ascribe intent to a ketamine powered Ouija board. Why did he think he was going to Mars in the first place? Why did he ignore his obligation to build a lunar lander, having been paid to do that? Did he ask any women for a list of requirements to get pregnant and deliver babies on Mars, or is the launch window latency a surprising problem? Folks are being way too kind in ignoring that lot of what Elon throws out there gets backfilled by his cult following and really has had no serious thought behind it from the beginning.
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> Why did he ignore his obligation to build a lunar lander, having been paid to do that?

Didn't know about that. That's good insight.

"An uncrewed test flight was planned for 2025 to demonstrate a successful landing on the Moon which has since been delayed. Following that test, a crewed flight is expected to occur as part of the Artemis III mission, no earlier than mid-2027.[3] NASA later contracted for an upgraded version of Starship HLS to be used on the Artemis IV mission." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_HLS