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Elon Musk, chief executive officer (CEO) of space exploration company, SpaceX has said there is “70 percent chance that he will go to Mars”.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Musk stated this in an interview with Axios on HBO on Sunday, despite a “good chance” of him not surviving either on his way or after landing.
“I’m talking about moving there,” Musk enthused, adding: “We’ve recently made a number of breakthroughs that I… am just really fired up about”.
The SpaceX boss, however, agreed that the risks were high.
“Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than on Earth. There’s a good chance of death.
“There’s lot of people who climb mountains. People die on Mount Everest all the time. They still like doing it for the challenge,” Musk said.
The space exploration firm has designed spaceship for interplanetary travel called Starship that was formerly known as the BFR.
It is a fully reusable vehicle designed to take humans and supplies to Mars and also to dramatically cut travel time within Earth.
The two-stage vehicle, composed of a Booster and a Ship, is designed to eventually replace the company’s Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and the Dragon spacecraft.
It is designed to service all Earth orbit needs as well as the Moon and Mars.
Starship is also set to fly a private passenger, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, to the Moon and is scheduled to start in 2023.
Maezawa, 42, is the founder and CEO of Zozo, the largest online fashion retailer in Japan.