Quote of the day by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: 'Are you prepared to die? Then
okay, you're a candidate' a reminder that the manned mission to Mars might
be a deadly one

Date:
Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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The tech mogul has repeatedly called for the colonization of Mars, but has previously warned that early missions may carry monumental risks

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Elon Musk's long-term ambition of colonizing Mars is an idea you'd normally find in science fiction novels rather than something actually on the cards for humanity today. Yet that's what the tech entrepreneur is hoping we can achieve within his lifetime. As for the first humans on Mars? It's likely to be much sooner and even as soon as 2030. "I think the first journeys to Mars are going to be really very dangerous. The risk of fatality will be high; there's just no way around it
It would be, basically, 'Are you prepared to die?' If that's OK, then, you know, you're a candidate for going." Elon Musk, September 2016 Life on Mars Musk bluntly outlined the possible risks that any manned mission to Mars will involve when speaking at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) a decade ago. Quote of the day This article is part of TechRadar Pro's QOTD project to provide an insight into the minds of the brightest and most recognized figures in the technology industry today and in years gone by.
Read the full series here . His comments underlined the fact that the engineers and astronauts involved in the first flights will have to accept extreme risk and serve as a means of psychological filtering for anybody considering a role in such a mission as and when it may happen in the future. Latest Videos From Watch full video here:

During his talk, Musk also launched a concept design for an I nterplanetary Transport System spaceship, which is designed to carry between 100 and 200 settlers to Mars, with roughly 1,000 of these vessels leaving Earth in
unison. Ashes to Ashes Despite Musk's longstanding ambition for SpaceX to get people onto Mars, developments in recent months and years have stalled progress especially a pivot from the company to focus on the Moon. You may like Quote of the day by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: "If you go back say, 300
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Musk formally delayed the Mars infrastructure timeline by up to seven years
in February, citing the need to protect humanity's future by building a "self-growing city" on the lunar surface. This is despite saying in January last year that "we're going straight to Mars" while describing the Moon as "a distraction".

Musk's comments over the last few years about getting to Mars have come
across as overly ambitious, putting it mildly. Critics suggest that SpaceX
may never actually achieve this including Britain's chief astrophysicist
Lord Martin Rees, who described the plans as " dangerous delusion ". Are you
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