The experts weren’t the only ones who were skeptical of Musk’s dream. Loren Grush, a top space journalist working at the Verge, pressed Musk after the presentation on a key detail that he hadn’t addressed. “You didn’t touch much on how you will keep humans safe on the way over there for either deep space radiation or how they will live on the planet,” she said. “Can you give us some insight into the life support system, habitats, stuff like that?” For someone as detail-oriented as Musk, he responded with an almost blasé approach, ignoring the crux of the question and simply saying that “the
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