Musk Seeks Mars Explorers With $200,000, Guts to Risk Death
- SpaceX founder unveils designs focused on reusable rockets
- Willing to spend ‘personal assets’ toward funding the costs
Elon Musk Reveals Plan for a City on Mars
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Entrepreneur Elon Musk laid out a vision of travel to Mars that was heavy on both technology -- the how of getting there -- and on the dangers that await those first explorers just a decade from now.
“The first journey will be very dangerous, and the risk of fatality will be very high,” Musk said in response to a question during a highly anticipated presentation at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. "Are you prepared to die? Then you are a candidate for going.”