Elon Musk Sets a Date: Test Flights to Mars Starting Next Year
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Elon Musk, one of today's geniuses, signaled that short test flights to Mars could be made next year at South by South West (SXSW), which takes place every year in the US state of Texas.
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“I think we will be able to make short flights in the first half of next year.”
Musk believes that life on Mars is possible and also thinks that it is necessary. “From the dark age we will enter in the event of a nuclear conflict and the possibility of a third world war” He expresses his fear at every opportunity. He says that Mars is necessary for both salvation and the beginning of a new life for the human race.
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Elon Musk also gave valuable information about SpaceX's plans.
Stating that short take-off and landing attempts will be made at first within the scope of the tests, Musk emphasized that people will not take part in these flights yet and said;
“We are building the first interplanetary ship to go to Mars. “Short flights will take place first.”
Elon Musk also said that people on Mars will first need a power source, glass dome and basic living needs.
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Elon Musk said that there will be many and valuable business opportunities on Mars.
“They will start by building a simple base there. This means a world of new opportunities. Because we will need pizzerias and nice bars.”
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“I thought there was less than a 10 percent chance of SpaceX and Tesla being successful.”
Musk talked about how difficult 2008 was for him. If you remember, that year the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket failed for the third time, and a few days before Christmas, Tesla was on the verge of bankruptcy.
“I thought there was less than a 10 percent chance of SpaceX and Tesla being successful,” he said of that difficult period. In his statement, Elon Musk said that he earned 180 million dollars with the acquisition of his own initiative PayPal by eBay in 2002, and that he initially invested 90 million dollars in SpaceX and Tesla, but the cost gradually increased.
According to BBC news, Musk had $40 million left at that time:
“I would put all the money into one company and the other would definitely go bankrupt, or I would split it between SpaceX and Tesla then both would go bankrupt. When you put your energy into building something, it becomes your baby, so I couldn't choose between them. I invested the money in both of them, fortunately both of them turned out to be stable (…) If things had gone differently, both companies would have gone bankrupt.”
