This futuristic rendering shows a collection of spaceships on the surface of Mars. Elon Musk and SpaceX imagine the astronauts who live initially from spaceships.
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It's time to start throwing some money into your holiday fund on Mars. SpaceX's interplanetary starship has not yet left Earth, but Elon Musk is already speculating on the price of a ticket to Mars.
In a tweet on Sunday, Musk said he is confident that moving to Mars will cost less than $ 500,000 (£ 390,000, AU $ 71
Very depends on the volume, but I'm sure that switching to Mars (the return ticket is free) would cost a day less than $ 500k and maybe even under $ 100k. Quite low that most people in advanced economies could sell their home on Earth and move to Mars if they wish.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 11 February 2019
Musk thinks that the ticket price could eventually be less than $ 100,000, fairly cheap that "most people in advanced economies could sell their home on Earth and move to Mars if they wish. "
Half a million dollars looks like a lot of money, but compare it with the price of over $ 200,000 to experience the absence of gravity in a Virgin Galactic flight or $ 9.5 million for a holiday on one luxury space station .
One of the most important of Musk's tweet is that the return ticket will be free. If you move to Mars and decide that you do not like potatoes, you can return to Earth.
SpaceX stainless steel SpaceX is under development. The company has built a prototype "hopper" to test take-offs and landings and it is also to test the Raptor rocket engine that will power it.
Before shooting at Mars, SpaceX plans to send the spaceship around the moon in 2023 with tourists on board.
Musk himself has estimated his chances of moving to Mars at 70 percent. It was flirting with an account on Mars on Twitter, so it's not surprising that he might want to bring his cosmic crush to the next level.
