Marc Perkel: Elon Musk puts us on first step toward colonizing Mars
I want to congratulate Elon Musk and SpaceX for making history by landing the first stage of a rocket back on Earth (in one piece) after deploying a payload into space. This is an historic event because the cost of getting stuff into space just got at least three times cheaper.
In a world where news is dominated by ISIS, mass shootings and Donald Trump, it’s time the smart people get the spotlight and we have good news to report. This event is another milestone representing the progress of humanity on a road that will eventually lead to the human colonization of the planet Mars. All of humanity rejoices tonight at this great accomplishment. Thank you Elon Musk and the team at SpaceX.
Marc Perkel, Gilroy
This story was originally published December 28, 2015 at 4:18 PM with the headline "Marc Perkel: Elon Musk puts us on first step toward colonizing Mars."