Elon Musk has revealed that he plans to launch the first Starlink landers towards Mars in two years when the next transfer orbit opens up and launch manned missions to Mars in four years if the initial landings are successful. That sounds great to me and I look forward to it. I do wonder if he is lining up alternative space ports to launch from in the event that America falls and the Bureaucratic State steps in and forbids it. I wonder if he's looking at something in Tonga....
On the gripping hand though, if the BS puts the squeeze on launches out of the United States they'll also probably seize the Starship means of production as well. Things generally don't just go a little evil, they tend to go all the way evil all at once and before you know it.
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