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  • Thomas Fuchsthomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
    Nov 14, 2026, 2:54 AM

    reminder that Musk once said humans will be on Mars by five years ago

    since then he’s moved this estimate 8 times, and currently as with the first prediction it’s ten years in the future

    it’s all a scam, designed to milk investors (including the public via subsidies and military contracts) to make him richer

    that he made a mostly working low orbit Internet service is more of a side effect of the fraud, to keep it going for longer

    he’s also merging his other failing scams into the company, the “AI” stuff and exploding car company

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  • Thomas Fuchsthomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
    Nov 14, 2026, 1:07 PM

    @mxchara Yes, the "5 years ago" (2021) and 8 times updated and currently it's 2036 is all based on actual things he said, that people have collated

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  • Thomas Fuchsthomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
    Nov 14, 2026, 12:48 PM

    @bdd_warriors yes. he ran out of venture
    capital investors so he took it to a public stock exchange and started to merge unprofitable businesses into SpaceX so the numbers (that public companies have to publish) don’t look too bad

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  • David Ginndavid@social.piconet.work
    Nov 14, 2026, 9:57 AM

    @thomasfuchs There is little point in investing all this money on Earth infrastructure if he's truly heading for Mars. He has more than enough money to get there already. We won't have technology that would satisfy his requirements within his lifetime. It wouldn't be luxurious enough for him anyway.

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