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How to win the space race… die on Mars

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Elon Musk at SXSW: Musk explained that he would like to take part in a Mars mission — and even stay there — assuming that his companies could survive without him. Indeed, he noted that he’s long said he wouldn’t necessarily expect to return to Earth after such a mission. But he would want to know that the rocket technology was good enough to get him there safely. “I’ve said I want to die on Mars,” he said. “Just not on impact.” More people with this attitude and we might get out of low earth orbit once more.

Arriving early for SXSW Interactive? Let SXSW Baby! suggest a bar or five

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SXSW Baby! is a blog that’s been running since the dawn of time (thirteen years and counting) and has passed through the hands of a number of Webmasters (all called the Dread Pirate Roberts). I’m the current janitor, with a great team of writers and contributors. Eric’s the local ‘man on the ground’ and he;s put together the pre-SXSW Interactive pub crawl. Starting at the Bungalow, 92 Rainey Street, from 5pm on Thursday 7th March (nominally heading out at 9pm) it’s going to be indie bars and craft beer all the way. As expected there’s an app for it as