Elon Musk: 70% Odds I'm Going to Mars

Elon Musk thinks the odds are pretty good that he'll get to to climb aboard a SpaceX rocket and take it to Mars in his lifetime—about 70% in his favor, he tells Axios. "I'm talking about moving there," he says, though he doesn't exactly paint a rosy picture of the Red Planet. Highlights from his latest interview on Mars:

• The cost: "Around a couple hundred thousand dollars."
• On whether that makes Mars an escape hatch for rich people: "Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than earth. Really the ad for going to Mars would be like [Sir Ernest] Shackleton’s [supposed] 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."

• The timeline: As soon as seven years.
• The day to day: "You'll be working nonstop to build the base. So, you know, not much time for leisure. And even after doing all this, it's a very harsh environment. So ... there’s a good chance you die there."
• Then why go at all? "There’s lots of people who climb mountains. People die on Mount Everest all the time. They like doing it for the challenge."

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