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Day 11 news response

Madelyn Perkovich

Elon Musk has officially published his paper about making humankind a multiplanetary species has been published for free, until July 5th. Musk's vision is based on a reusable rocket that will act as transportation. The architecture could actually get one million people to Mars in the next 50-100 years. This could mean incredible advancement for mankind. Musk also disclaims that there are huge risks, its going to cost a lot, and they might not succeed. For me, this is a bit scary because i'm afraid humans will destroy Mars like we are doing to the Earth. That being said, I think this is also great news because it truly shows the advancement of human technology. Personally though, I don't think I'd like to live on Mars anyway.

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