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Welcome to Twitter in Focus where media comes to die!  Today’s contestant is billionaire genius, Elon Musk.  Before he’s off to Mars, let’s see what he’s tweeting.

@elonmusk

August 17th:  “Article on @SpaceX and colonizing Mars by @waitbutwhy http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html …”

Marvin the Martian is going to be sooooo popular up there.

August 22nd:  “True, but achieving a long range affordable electric vehicle has always been our long-term goal. Due in late 2017! ”

After the Oatmeal’s review of your car, sounds like you’re already there if you can just make ’em cheaper.

September 2nd:  “With same options, Model X is $5k more than an S due to greater size & body complexity. Sig Series is fully loaded, hence high price.”

Call me when these cars get into the used section of Craigslist.

September 2nd:  “Model 3, our smaller and lower cost sedan will start production in about 2 years. Fully operational Gigafactory needed.”

So about five years after that, I might be able to afford one.

September 2nd:  “First production cars will be handed over on Sept 29 at our Fremont factory”

Or maybe I could win one in a contest.  Although the insurance would be sky-high.

September 12th:  “Btw, not saying we *should* nuke Mars — just layin’ out a few options …”

Nuke Mars?  Shouldn’t we try sanctions first?

September 13th:  “New model for evolution of intelligent life suggests probable emergence 2 billion years ago near galactic center http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2014.1192 …”

Hopefully we’re not going to get a visit any time soon.  I can’t imagine the response from the U.S.  Speaking of nuking space.

September 14th:  “Researchers at @NASA propose using @SpaceX Falcon/Dragon for Mars sample return mission http://news.yahoo.com/red-dragon-mars-sample-return-mission-could-launch-114405239.html …”

So that’s how the zombie apocalypse will start.

September 14th:  “Dragon 2 is designed to land on any surface (liquid or solid) in the solar system. Am glad to see people thinking about applications!”

Neat!

September 14th:  “In expendable mode, Falcon Heavy can send a fully loaded Dragon to Mars or a light Dragon to Jupiter’s moons. Europa mission wd be cool.”

You should probably examine those samples on a space station.  I mean you could bring back some kind of bacteria that kills us all.

Okay, let’s rate Elon’s tweets.  Well, since the guy is changing the world.  Brings a whole additional weight to the tweets.  I give him a 5 for Insanity, 8 for Mustness and a 10 for Style.  That’s an overall score of 7.6, but I’m rounding it up to 9 because hey—  The guy is going to Mars and building electric cars!  You should follow him!

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