

The idea of colonizing another planet is silly sci-fi nonsense. Neither Elon Musk nor any other billionaire is anywhere near being able to do such a thing in their lifetime. Hell, even the fictional one who claims to be trying to do this in Fallout, Mr. House, is just a lying narcissist who uses that claimed goal to hype himself up as some kind of god among men (along with his empty promise to distribute his life-lengthening tech).

Well sure, and I don’t doubt that colonization of other celestial bodies is possible (and even desirable) but it is far beyond our reach currently. It’s not like we’re in the 1700s speculating about how to make an airplane, we’re in the 1300s speculating about how to make an airplane. There’s a lot of work to be done before we can get there.
He was like 250 years old in FNV and very much still alive (unfortunately). Though it’s kind of a twist when you learn that because it definitely wants you to suspect he’s just an AI at first.