The important steps in the evolution of life: becoming multi-planetary

[Krogag]

The fact that the creator of PayPal said that sales and finance really isn't his forte really shows how widely this guy's skills are varied.

[CaelReader]

[QUOTE=TAU!;46610508]Can we fix things on earth before bringing our bullshit into space?[/QUOTE]

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Putting resources into space exploration directly improves the situation on Earth. And in the long-term, space infrastructure is far more important than planetside infrastructure.

[mokkan]

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;46604647]Let's be honest, we've stagnated alot in society. Musk is ambitious, and its that ambition that drives growth in everything (Science, tech, finances, culture, etc), if we don't have a drive to go beyond earth, the we may just slowly slide back and regress into our past.[/QUOTE]

Stagnated a lot in society? The first flight was 111 years ago, 40 years ago the vast majority of people didnt even have cars.