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Why? I think we should go to Jupiter, and Jupiter is farther than Mars.
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Many people applaud Elon Musk for his visionary ambitions. Sure, it’s his designers and engineers who actually do all the work he envisions, but as long as he comes up with the big ideas, that’s all that matters.
That’s where I come in. Elon Musk was intelligent enough to say that we, as humans, should colonize Mars. According to Fortune Magazine, he even said he dreams of dying on the Red Planet. However, I took it to the next step. There is a planet even farther than Musk’s cosmic target: Jupiter. Mars is a mere 51.7 million miles from Earth. Jupiter, on the other hand, is 428.2 miles away. Clearly, my mission eclipses Musk’s cute little pet project eight fold.
Now that I have hatched this brilliant idea, I just need a team of engineers, mathematicians, scientists, designers, and a few other peasants to make my dream a reality. With a little bit of legwork (from other people), they can make my dreams come true while I take all the credit. They really are fortunate that they have such a prophet at the helm.
Don’t worry, though. This won’t be the last you see of me. I would like to reveal my crowing achievement, my swan song: ending world hunger.
SIKE! I have my sights on time travel instead. Although this isn’t particularly…
