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Elon Musk, often in the messages for his tweets and bold business movesHe made headlines again. This time for something the Tesla CEO said almost a decade ago.
On Tuesday, a Twitter user known as @steinkobbe shared a tweet with a link to an interview Elon Musk gave in December 2011 Sending People to Mars in 10 Years.
That video interview was taken by journalist Alan Murray for the Wall Street Journal. While discussing SpaceX, Murray Musk asked, “When are you going to send your first man or woman to other planets?” Musk said: “We’re going to Mars. Best case in 10 years, worst case 10 to 15 years”.
Almost a decade later, that interview went viral. A YouTube user commented on the video and wrote: “10 years have passed, how is Elon?”.
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bonusCommenting on Musk’s ambitious time estimate, one Twitter user wrote: “I’m guessing that’s just the billionaire version of engineers, ‘this feature will take me 3-4 days to implement’.”
— Wilde Geerter (@steinkobbe) May 30, 2022
I guess that’s just the billionaire version of engineers: “I need 3-4 days to implement this feature”.
— Vasiliy Zukanov (@VasiliyZukanov) May 31, 2022
— ♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@PixelProphecy) May 30, 2022
Overall, it’s a good idea for humans to try to colonize other planets for the survival of our species. And the only way anyone’s going to get interested in space is through business, so while I hate Elon Musk, he’s at least starting to have a commercial interest in space.
— Emily Panasci (@PanasciEmily) May 31, 2022
10 years ago Elon Musk said that by 2022 people would live on Mars.
Instead, he’s devoted his time to selling exploding cars, apparent Ponzi schemes, and pretending to buy Twitter.
Maybe 2032 Elon?
— Zac (@_Zac_Langdon_) June 1, 2022
Perhaps space exploration will solve poverty. Perhaps the resources and advances in technology will actually prevent all apocalyptic sci-fi scenarios. We won’t know until we try. If not, at least we’re not bound by a single destiny on one planet.
— Eaton Kuntz (@eaton_kuntz) May 28, 2022
It’s been more than 50 years since we landed a man on the moon. Now it’s time to target a man’s mock landing on Mars. #ElonMusk
— Attorney (@USlawreview) May 28, 2022
@elonmusk 🗣️: Come on Doge, please fly high to MARS. 😎 pic.twitter.com/Au7PepgPY3
— ❄ (@WALL_st_) June 1, 2022
@elonmusk 🗣️: Come on Doge, please fly high to MARS. 😎 pic.twitter.com/Au7PepgPY3
— ❄ (@WALL_st_) June 1, 2022
On social media, many people criticized Musk and other billionaires like Jeff Bezos for spending millions of dollars on space exploration projects when that money can be used to solve real-world problems. However, some defended Musk, appreciating the groundbreaking results SpaceX has achieved over the past few years.