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Premium Content  Elon Musk has admitted that a bunch of people will probably die in the race to get to Mars. The SpaceX pioneer made his blunt prediction as he laughed at how his planned Mars mission was being seen as some escape hatch for rich people. You might die, it s going to be uncomfortable and probably won t have good food, Musk told Peter Diamandis, the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation for scientific discovery, according to the New York Post. Advertisements for the journey should note how it will be an arduous and dangerous journey where you may not come back alive, Musk said with a chuckle.
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Elon Musk Admits Some People Might Die In The Journey To Mars
Elon Musk admits ‘a bunch of people will probably die’ during SpaceX’s initial voyages to Mars but has insisted it will be a ‘glorious adventure and amazing experience’.
The SpaceX founder was speaking with Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation when he made the stark prediction according to a report by DailyMail.
Musk has already said he hopes to get humans on Mars by 2026, seven years before NASA aims to land astronauts on the Red Planet.
However, a barefoot Musk warned Thursday:
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There’s been a lot of talk about how SpaceX will be sending the first manned mission to Mars by 2025, or 2026 at the latest, and how this would pave the way to colonizing the planet. Humanity needs to become a multi-planetary species, CEO Elon Musk believes, but it will come at a cost. 1 photo
That cost will be the loss of human life, above everything else. Not that this should surprise anyone, but these missions will be high on danger, because of the length of the journey, the harsh and unknown environment, the radiation, and the impact extended isolation will have on the psyche. Death is an ever-present possibility.
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Elon Musk has made a startling admission in a recent interview that “a bunch of people will probably die” in the race to get to Mars.
The SpaceX pioneer made his blunt prediction as he laughed at how his planned Mars mission was being seen as “some escape hatch for rich people.”
“You might die, it’s going to be uncomfortable and probably won’t have good food,” Musk told Peter Diamandis, the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation for scientific discovery.
Advertisements for the journey should note how it will be an “arduous and dangerous journey where you may not come back alive,” Musk said with a chuckle. “Honestly, a bunch of people will probably die in the beginning,” he said, while insisting it will also be “a glorious adventure and it will be an amazing experience.”
Elon Musk admits ‘a lot of people will probably die’ on SpaceX’s first mission to Mars 26 Apr 2021 / 12:08 H.
In a conversation with Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X Prize Foundation, SpaceX founder Elon Musk admits ‘a bunch of people will probably die’ during SpaceX’s initial mission to Mars but insists that it will be a ‘glorious adventure and amazing experience.’
“Going to Mars reads like that advert for Shackleton going to the Antarctic. You know it is dangerous, it s uncomfortable and it s a long journey,” he said.
“You might not come back alive but it is a glorious adventure and it will be an amazing experience. Yeah, honestly a bunch of people will probably die in the beginning.”