Elon Musk will move to Mars. And, perhaps, to die

CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk said that "the chance that he will move to Mars, 70%," despite "a hefty chance" that he would not survive this. It became known from the interview - survey can be found here. "We have recently made a number of breakthroughs, and I'm really fired up," said Musk. "I'm talking about moving there." However, he agrees that the risks are very high. "The probability of death on Mars is much higher than on Earth. Chance of dying is quite large. "

Even if you manage to get to Mars, you can break its harsh conditions, but Musk still intend to go there.

Elon Musk will live on Mars

"There are many people who climb mountains. People are dying on Everest constantly. But they are still doing it, for them it is a challenge. "

The creator of SpaceX said that those who want to go to Mars, you need to start saving, because the journey to Mars will cost about two hundred thousand dollars.

Spacecraft mask designed for interplanetary travel, Starship - is reusable vehicles designed to transport people and supplies to Mars, as well as capable of great cut travel time on Earth. The vessel consists of two parts - in fact, the carrier rocket and the ship - and will eventually replace the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Dragon, also by SpaceX. The ship will serve the orbit of the Earth, Moon, Mars, and in the future we will go further into the solar system.

On 2023 is scheduled first flight with the private passenger - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Meyzava - on the moon.

In principle, from a man who all his life dreamed of colonizing Mars and attached to it a lot of effort, and the other should not have expected. Dream, realize, build a rocket to colonize Mars and die on Mars - a decent life for the individual.

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