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SpaceX founder Elon Musk arrives ahead of the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule, before launch of their NASA commercial crew mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, April 23, 2021. Photo by JOE SKIPPER /REUTERS
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Dying to get to Mars?
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Musk, the really, really rich guy who runs Tesla and a little experiment called SpaceX, said in a recent interview he thinks SpaceX can propel humans to Mars by 2026 — but there’s a catch.
“A bunch of people will probably die” in the beginning stages of exploration as his company irons out a few kinks that inevitably come with space travel, the tech guru told Peter Diamandis in an interview that streamed live on YouTube.
“Going to Mars reads like that ad book for (explorer Ernest) Shackleton going to the Antartic,” the 49-year-old Musk said. “It’s dangerous, it’s uncomfortable, it’s a long journey. You might not come back alive. But it’s a glorious adventure, and it’ll be an amazing experience.”
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The lineup of willing participants for Musk’s expedition remains long despite the risks involved, his interviewer reminded, to which Musk replied: “I mean, honestly, a bunch of people probably will die in the beginning. It’s tough sledding over there, you know? … We don’t want to make anyone go, so … volunteers only.”
In December, Musk was “highly confident his company could land on the Red Planet by 2026, according to CNBC.
Musk, who is set to host Saturday Night Live on May 8, previously had stated he hoped SpaceX could send people to Mars by 2024, but later revised that timeline.
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