Elon Musk says ‘bunch of people will probably die’ during Mars mission and says it is ‘volunteers only’
ELON MUSK, founder and CEO of SpaceX clarified that the mission to Mars is not as people think, said that a “bunch of people will probably die at the beginning.”
Musk’s plan to send people to Mars by 2026 was thought of as an “escape hatch for rich people,” he said in a discussion with the founder of the X Prize Foundation Peter Diamandis.
In 2015, Musk said in a Tweet that the “odds of a rocket landing successfully today are still less than 50%.” He clarified at the time that this figure would increase to 80% with more launches ahead.
On Saturday, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with International Space Station, arriving nearly a day after it lifted off from Florida.
This is the first human spaceflight mission to send astronauts on flight-proven Falcon 9 and Drago, .