Billionaire Elon Musk has once again become the center of discussion after his next scandalous social media post. In his tweet, he said that future human achievements, such as the colonization of Mars, would be impossible if Vice President Kamala Harris won the election over Donald Trump. Musk added: “We will never reach Mars if Kamala wins.”
After the first presidential debate, Musk began expressing his emotions on social media, including threatening bizarre actions and reposting racist memes, which triggered a flurry of criticism. His tweet about Mars seems particularly absurd, as humanity reached the Red Planet back in 1964 with the Mariner 4 lander, followed by the Viking 1 landing in 1976.
Unless there is significant government reform, laws & regulations will keep getting worse every year until every great endeavor, from high-speed rail between our cities to making life multiplanetary, is effectively illegal.
Trump supports a government efficiency commission to…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 11, 2024
Besides, Harris is a strong supporter of NASA, and Musk looks like a disoriented voter who is disappointed that his candidate might lose. Musk has also agreed to head the so-called Government Efficiency Commission if Trump wins, but the details of its work are still unclear.
Musk stated that “America is being slowly strangled to death by an accumulation of millions of regulations.” His latest predictions for Mars missions are very optimistic: he claims that Starship will begin regular missions to Mars in two years. But the problem is that the spacecraft is still being tested: it hasn’t reached orbit or successfully landed.
Despite his strong statements, Musk’s SpaceX relies heavily on government contracts from both Republican and Democratic administrations. However, given his support for Trump, it seems that Musk is afraid of losing control and influence, so he is using drastic methods of intimidation.
We previously reported on whether a former astronaut could help defeat Donald Trump.
According to futurism.com
