$500,000 for a one-way ticket to Mars?

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk sets the cost of a one-way ticket to Mars at $500,000.

“‘Some money has to be spent on establishing a base on Mars. It’s about getting the basic fundamentals in place,’ Musk said. ‘That was true of the English colonies [in the Americas]; it took a significant expense to get things started. But once there are regular Mars flights, you can get the cost down to half a million dollars for someone to move to Mars. Then I think there are enough people who would buy that to have it be a reasonable business case.”

Start saving up, y’all — Get there before the religious zealots, er, Pilgrims, move in.

Via Ghost in the Machine.

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