Mike Allen: You're forty seven. 
What is the likelihood that you
personally will go to Mars? 
Elon Musk: 70 percent.
We’ve recently made a number of breakthroughs that I, that I am, just
really fired up about. 
Jim VandeHei: And when does that happen?
In our lifetimes? Elon Musk: Yeah, yeah.
I’m talking about moving there.  So it’s like,
so if, you have the price per ticket maybe around a couple hundred thousand dollars.
Mike Allen: This could be an escape hatch for rich people.
Elon Musk: No. Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than earth.
Really the ad for going to Mars would be like Shackleton’s ad for going to the Antarctic.
It’s gonna be hard. There’s a good chance of death, going in a little can through deep space.
You might land successfully,
once you land successfully, you'll be working nonstop to build the base.
So, you know, not much time for leisure,
and once you get there, even after doing all this
it's a very harsh environment, so you, there’s a good chance you die there.
We think you can come back but we're not sure.
Now, does that sound like an escape hatch for rich people?
Mike Allen: And yet, you would unhesitatingly go.
Elon Musk: You know, there’s lots of people who climb mountains.
You know, why do they climb mountains?  Because people die on Mount Everest all the time.
They like doing it for the challenge.
