Elon Musk says that there is a 70% chance that he will go to Mars

The spacecraft, formerly known as the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), is key to Musk's vision of creating an autonomous and permanent human presence on Mars.

Musk said in an interview with Axios that it would probably go there once SpaceX would get "the price per ticket of perhaps a few hundred thousand dollars". Despite the high price of the ticket, Musk laughingly denied that the colonization of Mars would serve as an outlet for the rich.

"Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than the Earth," said Musk.

He compared a trip to Mars to the signing of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic voyage in the early 1900s.

"It's going to be hard, there's a good chance of dying, going in a small can through a deep space, you could land successfully, once you land successfully, you will work tirelessly to build the base – you So you do not have much time for recreation – and once you get there, even after all this, the environment is very harsh, so there is a good chance that you will die there. think you can come back, but we are not sure, "said Musk.

"Does this sound like an escape hatch for rich people?" he added.

When asked why he would go again, Musk likened this experience to his adventurous desire to climb the highest mountain in the world, even at the risk of dying.

"People are constantly dying on Everest.They like to do it to meet the challenge," said Musk.

Watch the interview of Elon Musk with Axios here.