Jared Isaacman

So like all the things that make us who we are are going to be highly problematic on journeys of two years plus in space.

And we got to figure that out.

At some point, that doesn't mean you have to have it for the first four people, but if you're talking about sending thousands of people into space, there's a lot onto an outpost on Mars.

There's a lot from the psychology and physiological side of being a human being that we have to figure out.

Well, first, I mean, again, I think you've got to have some of the most highly screened individuals possible.

Because we haven't learned anything about this yet.

The analog ashen environments where they put people in shipping containers and these bubbles, look, you do learn some things from it.

But you open the door, you're on Earth.

You know, if somebody's having a heart attack, you open the door, like they're going to, you know, it's, you always know in your mind that, you know, underneath you is your home planet.

So, you know, it's just a, it's going to be that psychological stressor, not to mention all the physiological issues.

You're going to have to pick some highly screened individuals that are capable of going on that mission.

You have to know for sure, like that you have a way to bring them home.

There are no one-way missions on those first ones.

You get that right, and then you can start building up that outpost.

Look, in terms of the technical skills to go, whether it's the moon or Mars, the incremental velocity, whether you're going to the moon or Mars, is negligible.

So if you can build a spaceship and top it off in low Earth orbit with tons of propellant, you can send it to the moon or Mars.

The only difference now at this point is habitability, landing, and how you come home.

And Starship should be able to work fine for both, considering both are designed for

Not much better.

I mean, it's going to be horrible for a while.