SpaceX founder Elon Musk continues to lay the groundwork to attempt the human colonization of Mars. Here’s a step-by-step guide to his plan:
STEP 1
Invent remaining 2,348 technologies needed to make trip possible
STEP 2
$10 billion appears
STEP 3
Cost of spaceship reduced by going with cheap Venetian plaster instead of more expensive marble
STEP 4
Before departing, voyagers visit doctor to receive all the CDC–recommended vaccines for trip to another celestial body
STEP 5
Tell poor people we’ll come back for them
STEP 6
Humanity runs away from all of its problems at 5,375 mph
STEP 7
Spaceship gets passed on left by reckless asteroid
STEP 8
Those not murdered by fellow passengers land safely on Mars three months later
STEP 9
Set up utilities and Wi-Fi
STEP 10
Apply for construction permits within notoriously byzantine bureaucracy of the Intergalactic Department of Buildings
STEP 11
Group photo
STEP 12
Build entire civilization from scratch
STEP 13
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