Elon Musk Says You May Pay $500,000 To Have A Ticket To Mars, Free Return Ticket

Jyotis - Feb 12, 2019

The amount is "low enough that most people in advanced economies could sell their home on Earth & move to Mars if they want.”

On his Twitter, Elon Musk has announced that travellers might pay $500,000 for each round-trip ticket to Mars. According to the founder of SpaceX, this amount is considered as the cost they need to relocate on this planet.

When sharing the information concerning the successful test of the rocket engine named Raptor on Twitter, Musk answered a question given by @SPEXcast who hoped Musk revealed the ticket’s estimated price to Mars or Moon.

Elon Musk always has his own ways to make us surprised. Curiosity, a car-sized rover by NASA, had a recent trip to Mars for about $2.5 billion. There is a clear difference between the prices of these two organizations; however, everything is much dependent on volume.

Similar to the space tour of Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic spacecraft will provide its customers with unique and weightless orbital experiences in a few minutes. They will have to pay over $200,000 to buy a ticket on Richard Branson’s flights.

Musk never seems to hide his passion for the Red Planet. As a piece of evidence, he has been often caught being courting a Twitter account named Mars. Besides, travelling to Mars has become his top interest, even more than the development of electric vehicles.

As cited by a report, Musk founded SpaceX when feeling disappointed with the fact that NASA’s plan to Mars had been delayed sine dine in 2003. The aerospace manufacturer was built to conduct the most important role: bring humans to Mars.

Musk and his company have now developed the Starship in Texas, which can carry humans to Mars and vice versa in the near future. All of the latest tests have shown satisfactory results. In addition, this spacecraft and its rocket system are designed based on the most advanced technologies such as a heat shield and Raptor, a rocket engine.