[ Falcon Heavy Test Launch ]

Interviewer: So, Mr. Musk! PayPal, Tesla, Space X, Hyperloop, the Boring company --

Musk: OK, that one admittedly is a bit boring, but it fits well with the other projects.

Interviewer: (Chuckles) Regardless, that is an impressive list. And I hear your next project is Fusion?

Musk: Yeah! Free, unlimited energy! I just received the final draft of the prototype and...

( Musk's smile drops, his ashen face a mask of shock. Flashes of the Red roadster's booth play in his mind like flashbacks in a B movie )

Musk: you know, I think we will have to get to mars first...

Original at David Brin's Blog 
Thanks to Luis for prodding me to write :)

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