Elon Musk: DeGrasse Tyson’s ‘sceptical’ claim over ‘five-minute’ Mars meeting revealed

“But I can tell you that the first people to do really expensive things where they are dangerous and people could die, those are not business people, those are governments.

“The first Europeans to the New World were not the Dutch East India Trading Company, it was Columbus, funded by Spain.

“Then he draws the maps, here’s the trade winds, here’s where the hostiles are and the friendlies, here’s where you find the fruit that you can eat.”

Dr Tyson went on to claim the proposition to investors would be no more than a five-minute meeting.

He added: “Then you can make a business case for it, otherwise it’s a really short meeting.

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