back to article Elon Musk promises Tesla investors Trump won't send him to Mars

Amid larger than expected losses at Tesla, founder Elon Musk promised he would not be diverted by a mission to Mars and intended to stay at the company "forever". During an investor call Musk was asked if numerous reports suggesting the Trump administration is in favour of accelerating a mission to send humans to Mars could …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Terminator

    At Tesla forever?

    Of course, what Musk means is that they are going to download his consciousness into a Tesla S.

    1. John G Imrie

      Re: At Tesla forever?

      I thought he was launching a new company to investigate clinical immortality.

    2. hplasm
      Happy

      Re: At Tesla forever?

      "...they are going to download his consciousness into a Tesla S..."

      ...and send his ass to Mars.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Go

        Re: At Tesla forever?

        @hplasm

        Maybe that should be "Get your S to Mars!"

    3. TeeCee Gold badge
      Joke

      Re: At Tesla forever?

      In that case, when he does end up on a Mars mission he can claim that he just didn't see it coming.

    4. ThomH

      Re: At Tesla forever?

      With Jerry Van Dyke to star in the short-lived sitcom spin-off?

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Please Elon, speed up the Mars Mission

    and put the Trumpeteer on it.

    Please, pretty please....

    Go watch 'The Great Dictator' and then look what he does and how he does it. It seems to me that he's getting more and more like Chaplin's character every day.

    1. Eric 23

      Re: Please Elon, speed up the Mars Mission

      Put if we send his Cheetos-ship Don the Con to Mars, and there is already life there... We risk starting an interplanetary war in retaliation as I doubt they'd take kindly for us dumping him on them...

  3. alain williams Silver badge

    Of course they would say that ...

    they want to catch him unawares when they bundle him into that rocket ...

  4. John Smith 19 Gold badge

    CFO "I was passionate about the company when I joined"

    And now I'm even more passionate about quitting.

    Hmm.

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