{"id":6654,"date":"2018-02-13T07:33:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T12:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=6654"},"modified":"2018-02-13T10:17:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T15:17:47","slug":"february-18-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/february-18-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"February 18, 2018–Life on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Herb Wounded Head, Brookings, SD
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Warm-up Question<\/strong><\/p>\n

When was the last time you looked up at the stars or the moon? What sort of feelings do you experience when you did?<\/p>\n

Life on Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps you\u2019ve heard of billionaire Elon Musk. He\u2019s an inventor and entrepreneur who founded the electric car company Tesla, as well as the solar energy company, SolarCity and the company SpaceX. Most recently he has been in the news <\/a>for launching one of his own cars into earth\u2019s orbit on the rocket, Falcon Heavy. Inside of the car is a mannequin wearing one of SpaceX\u2019s spacesuits with the cars sound system playing David Bowie\u2019s song, Life on Mars. The car is hopefully on its way out of earth\u2019s orbit and on its way to Mars.<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk has big ideas and big dreams. He has a dream to deal with earth\u2019s overcrowding by making it possible for people to live in space, and perhaps even on Mars. He addresses the issue of climate change by creating safe, solar energy that one day may become affordable for all people. Musk is unafraid to challenge the status quo and do things that no one else would dream of doing because of all of the roadblocks and naysayers who say that the things that he dreams up are just too impossible to happen. He has the resources and the wherewithal to do what he can to make the world a better place through technological advancements such as these.<\/p>\n

But he also does some pretty silly things. There is literally a car in space, making its way to Mars! That\u2019s just incredible and amazing and kind of silly. He also recently created a flamethrower which generated $10 million dollars for another one of his companies, The Boring Company. Again, this is kind of silly and more than a bit dangerous. In the above article, Musk is quoted as saying about his Tesla flying into space, \u201cIt\u2019s kind of silly and fun, but silly and fun things are important.\u201d<\/p>\n

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