Elon Musk on First Travelers to Mars: ‘Good Chance You’ll Die’

MUSK: “We are building the first ship, the first Mars or interplanetary ship right now and I think we’ll be able to do short flights, short up and down flights probably in the first half of next year. For the early people that go to Mars, it will be far more dangerous. I mean, really, it kind of reads like Shackleton’s ad for Antarctica explorers. It's difficult, dangerous, good chance you will die, excitement for those who survive.”