Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think
- Musk has said that he wants to keep the per-ticket cost of traveling to Mars roughly equivalent to the cost of a house in the U.S.
- SpaceX plans to send a cargo mission to Mars in 2022, followed by a manned mission in 2024.
- Musk said there’s a 70% chance he’ll travel to Mars. A recent survey suggests most Americans aren’t quite as adventurous.
A ticket to the red planet aboard a SpaceX rocket will likely cost “a couple hundred thousand dollars,” according to CEO Elon Musk.
That may be expensive, but it’s a price point that would make the voyage feasible for people who aren’t incredibly wealthy.
“If we can get the cost of moving to Mars to be roughly equivalent to a median house price in the United States, which is around $200,000, then I think the probability of establishing a self-sustaining civilization is very high,” Musk said last year.
The billionaire entrepreneur provided something of an update Sunday to Axios during its final episode of its limited documentary series on…
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