INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Elon Musk has been threatening to move to to Mars for a while now, but for the first time he's actually attached a number to the
probability of him making the leap - in an interview for documentary series Axios on HBO, he said there is a "70% chance" he will move to
Mars.He also rejected claims that Mars could become an "escape hatch" for the rich when the Earth's resources are depleted or global
warming makes the planet near uninhabitable, saying that early missions would be incredibly dangerous, likening it to climbing Mount
Mars may seem like something of a pipe dream right now, we are in reality, far closer to sending the first person to the red planet than you
may have imagined.Speaking to USA Today in June, NASA's chief scientist Jim Green said that the first Martian explorer is likely alive
must overcome before we can even consider colonizing Mars, including how to land a one ton vehicle on its surface - and if the first humans
oxygen in the atmosphere that would make walking around without space helmets on impossible - unless we work out how to engineer our own
kinks pretty quickly.Via Engadget
