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It was obvious to me that we could never colonize Mars without reusability, any more than America would have been colonized if they had to burn the ships after every trip.

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Elon Musk
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 28
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Aerospace Engineer
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Pretoria
South Africa
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