In Kubrick’s and Clark’s 2001 Space Odyssey, there was no question of “Boots or Bots”[ref]. The monolith had been left for humanity as a mileage and direction marker on Route 66 to the stars. So we went to Jupiter and Dave Bowman overcame a sentient machine, shut it down cold and went forth to discover … Continue reading "Elon Musk and the SpaceX Odyssey: the Path from Falcon 9 to Mars Colonization Transporter"