[ExI] SpaceX Super Heavy and Space Solar

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Oct 21, 2024, at 11:42 AM, efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:   Well, let's release Musk on it, and I'm sure it will be done in a couple
>>      of years! =)
>> Musk is free to pursue it already.
>> Notice that he isn't actively pursuing it.
>> If some power company were to approach SpaceX about setting up such a thing, using the money involved to subsidize a high launch rate
>> the way Starlink has subsidized a high launch rate for the Falcons, then maybe.  But the scale of money would seem to exceed what
>> even Musk is free to drop on it.
> 
> Ok, let's do it like this then. Can someone on the list please provide me with Musks email and phone number and I'll talk to him about it. ;)_______________________________________________

Social media like X (formerly known as Twitter) and Quora might be a good way to get his attention around the gatekeepers. In those spaces, he sometimes interacts directly with people.

Overall, while I don’t agree with his planetary settlement idea — being allergic to gravity wells — I think the knock in effect of his team continuing to drive down the price of going to space will be to make ever more space projects financially feasible. Power sats, maybe not in the short run… but think of the older proposals of mining lunar regolith to build them. Something like Starship might make mining that stuff within our reach in a decade or less.

Regards,

Dan