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| ‘A bunch of people will probably die,’ Musk says of future Mars tourism, ‘but it’s a glorious adventure’ | ‘A bunch of people will probably die,’ Musk says of future Mars tourism, ‘but it’s a glorious adventure’ |
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| Often criticized as a fantasist, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a rather stark and grim assessment of the prospects facing future Mars colonists, saying “a bunch of people will probably die in the beginning.” | Often criticized as a fantasist, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a rather stark and grim assessment of the prospects facing future Mars colonists, saying “a bunch of people will probably die in the beginning.” |
| Musk spoke with Dr Peter Diamandis on Thursday in Cape Canaveral, Florida during a livestream event announcing the $100-million Carbon Removal project, aimed at helping to keep the Earth habitable while humanity seeks to become an interplanetary species. | Musk spoke with Dr Peter Diamandis on Thursday in Cape Canaveral, Florida during a livestream event announcing the $100-million Carbon Removal project, aimed at helping to keep the Earth habitable while humanity seeks to become an interplanetary species. |
| The conversation quickly turned to the potential future human colonization of the Red Planet, which Musk was quick to caution was not an “escape hatch for rich people.” | The conversation quickly turned to the potential future human colonization of the Red Planet, which Musk was quick to caution was not an “escape hatch for rich people.” |
| Diamandis posited that Mars' first colonists would go down in history, a major draw for many people. | Diamandis posited that Mars' first colonists would go down in history, a major draw for many people. |
| “You might not,” Musk responded flatly. “It's going to be uncomfortable and you probably won’t have good food, and all these things, you know.” | “You might not,” Musk responded flatly. “It's going to be uncomfortable and you probably won’t have good food, and all these things, you know.” |
| Laying out the realities of what any plucky pathfinders should expect, Musk described a trip to settle Mars as “dangerous... uncomfortable... a long journey, you might not come back alive, but it's a glorious adventure and it'll be an amazing experience.” | Laying out the realities of what any plucky pathfinders should expect, Musk described a trip to settle Mars as “dangerous... uncomfortable... a long journey, you might not come back alive, but it's a glorious adventure and it'll be an amazing experience.” |
| “If an arduous and dangerous journey where you might not come back alive, but it's a glorious adventure, sounds appealing, Mars is the place. That's the ad for Mars,” Musk said. | “If an arduous and dangerous journey where you might not come back alive, but it's a glorious adventure, sounds appealing, Mars is the place. That's the ad for Mars,” Musk said. |
| Diamandis suggested that, regardless of this risk, Musk would likely have thousands if not millions of volunteers | Diamandis suggested that, regardless of this risk, Musk would likely have thousands if not millions of volunteers |
| “Honestly, a bunch of people probably will die in the beginning. It's tough sledging over there, you know,” Musk replied, not mincing his words. | “Honestly, a bunch of people probably will die in the beginning. It's tough sledging over there, you know,” Musk replied, not mincing his words. |
| “We don't make anyone go,” he was careful to add. “It's volunteers only.” | “We don't make anyone go,” he was careful to add. “It's volunteers only.” |
| “If we make life multiplanetary, there may come a day when some plants and animals die out on Earth, but are still alive on Mars,” warned previously on Twitter. | “If we make life multiplanetary, there may come a day when some plants and animals die out on Earth, but are still alive on Mars,” warned previously on Twitter. |
| The philanthropist pair were speaking at a livestream event unveiling the $100-million Carbon Removal project, a four-year global competition which seeks to provide effective solutions for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to safely remove CO2 from the atmosphere or oceans and to store it. | The philanthropist pair were speaking at a livestream event unveiling the $100-million Carbon Removal project, a four-year global competition which seeks to provide effective solutions for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to safely remove CO2 from the atmosphere or oceans and to store it. |
| CCS is one of the main major direct interventions touted in the fight against climate change with a view to rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle, along with geoengineering, which would deflect solar radiation back out into space using a variety of somewhat controversial methods. | CCS is one of the main major direct interventions touted in the fight against climate change with a view to rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle, along with geoengineering, which would deflect solar radiation back out into space using a variety of somewhat controversial methods. |
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