Published 09:12 IST, April 24th 2021
Elon Musk trolled with giant 'Mars Sucks' billboard outside SpaceX HQ on Earth Day
Billboard ‘Mars sucks. — Earth’ was placed outside Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s headquarters to troll him for Earth's negligence and colonization of Mars
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X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was trolled with a giant billboard outside his ministration’s hequarters that re: “Mars Sucks” on occasion of Earth Day. billionaire entrepreneur, who proposed that “Mars ecomy will run on crypto,” has been exploring ideas to land humans on Martian surface by 2033. Speaking at audio-only social media app Clubhouse, Musk h also discussed how he intended to transform Mars by warming planet up. Tesla boss desires to colonize Mars by 2050 and establish propellant manufacturing, food production, and power plants on Red planet. His visions and Martian goals, however, did t go down well with some.
On Earth day 2021, rewned US artist Yoko O and LA-based creative ncy Activista each launched 2 mammoth billboards to send a mess across to “Imperator of Mars”.”I love you Earth,” O’s billboard re, meanwhile Activista installed a billboard outside Musk’s X California hequarters which res ‘Mars Sucks’. O’s white billboard with black text was installed across several locations in Uk, including London, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Manchester. “‘re are so many of us in world who are w awakened, rey to act to save our world,’ artist wrote on Instagram. “So let’s work toger to save this planet. toger. That’s how we will change world. We change, and world changes,” she ded.
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Funded by environmental ncies
Meanwhile, or Billboard ‘Mars sucks. — Earth’ placed outside Musk’s X’s hequarters trolled billionaire for neglecting Earth and conservation activities, and inste focusing on Mars. billboard was funded by prominent environmental groups including Greenpeace, world wildlife, surfrider, and EDF. Taking to its official Twitter handle, Activista said: “What doesn’t suck? Earth. But way we treat it frankly sucks. And n, you dream of mars. A hellhole. A barren, desolate, wasteland you can’t set foot on fast eugh. Great, we got to mars. w let’s prioritize Earth.” mess however divided Twitter with some supporting Musk’s aspirations, ors suggesting that more funds must be invested in combatting impact of global Climate Change on Earth. “Someone complaining about using money for any cause but improving Earth wastes his own cash on a billboard,” one said. “Climate change is one of biggest issues for Earth,” ar ded.
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09:12 IST, April 24th 2021