thehimalayantimes : Passenger ship to Mars has science fiction name
SpaceX’s Elon Musk turns to science fiction for Mars ship
ASSOCIATED PRESSCAPE CANAVERAL: If SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s plan to establish a city on Mars sounds like science fiction, then consider the name of his first passenger ship.The answer lies in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the comic series about the travels and travails of Earth’s last surviving man.Musk is leaning toward the name “Heart of Gold,” the starship in the novel wtih Infinite Improbability Drive.
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Passenger ship to Mars has science fiction name
If SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s plan to establish a city on Mars sounds like science fiction, then consider the name of his first passenger ship.The answer lies in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the comic series about Earth’s last surviving man.Musk is leaning toward the name “Heart of Gold,” the starship from the novel with Infinite Improbability Drive.
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The Martian’s Andy Weir talks to Ars about the science of Musk’s Mars vision
Further Reading Musk’s Mars moment: Audacity, madness, brilliance—or maybe all three If Elon Musk has his way, humans will be going to the red planet—and soon.Over the past few days, our senior space-master Eric Berger has analyzed Musk’s Interplanetary Transport System plans in detail, and our chief scientist Dr. John Timmer has examined the science of how to generate resources on Mars.But Musk’s thoughts for getting to and living on Mars—both the nitty-gritty details and also the glossed-over blank bits—still come across to many folks as science fiction.
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