Elon Musk says "70% chance" of settling on Mars

Elon Musk thinks there's a "70%" chance that he's going to Mars, he said Sunday in an interview with Axios on HBO. Musk was answering a question about the likelihood that he's going personally to Mars.

"We have recently made a number of breakthroughs for which I am … really excited" SpaceX The founder says adding, "I'm talking about moving there."

If a trip to Mars is also on your to-do list, start saving, as it will cost you "about two hundred thousand dollars" to take a seat on the spacecraft (formerly known like the BFR), the Musk spacecraft designed to interplanetary travel. This is also the spaceship the first private lunar passenger will to travel in.

But beware of the risk.

"Your probability of dying on Mars is far greater than that of the Earth," Musk replied when a host announced that a one-way ticket to Mars could constitute an "exit door" for the haves.

"There is a good chance that death will occur in a small space," he said.

Even if you arrive safe and sound, you will apparently be kept "at work" to build a base on Mars. You could also have to live off the ship, according to SpaceX's chief development engineer on Mars, Paul Wooster, at this year's Mars Society conference.

And even if you arrive on Mars, you could still die in difficult conditions.

But Musc is certain to want to go.

"There are a lot of people climbing mountains, people are dying all the time on Mount Everest," said Musk. "They like to do it for the challenge."

Fans and enemies of Musk were again on Twitter after the publication of the interviews, where he also talked about his vision of the fusion of artificial intelligence and humans, and the bankruptcy of Tesla.

Musk also wondered if the Earth could be flat, hollow or both.

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