Elon Musk considers move to Mars despite 'good chance of death'

马斯克称正考虑移民火星：望登陆后能不断建基地

Elon Musk is considering moving to Mars, and gives himself a 70% chance of doing so.

埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）称自己正考虑移民到火星，他说自己有70％的可能性会这样做。

“I know exactly what to do,” the billionaire Tesla founder told Axios on HBO, in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday night. “I’m talking about moving there.”

He also implied that such a move might be permanent, saying: “We think you can come back but we’re not sure.”

在HBO于星期日晚上播出的采访中，这位资产百亿的特斯拉的创始人说：“我是在说移民到那。”他还暗示此举有可能是永久的，并说道：“我们觉得可能会回（地球）来，但一切都很难说。”

The Axios website trailed the interview a day before the scheduled Mars landing of the Insight spacecraft. According to the Associated Press, the Nasa vehicle will use “a mechanical mole to tunnel 16ft deep to measure internal heat, and a seismometer to register quakes, meteorite strikes and anything else that might start the red planet shaking”.

Axios把采访时间定于Insight航天器于火星登陆的前一天。 据美联社报道，美国国家航空航天局的航天器将使用“机械鼹鼠挖出隧道，到16英尺深处测量内部热量，以及用地震仪记录地震，陨石撞击和任何其他可能使红色行星发生震动的东西”。

Musk, 47, has spoken about his ambition to travel to Mars before. Speaking to Axios, he named the odds – a 70% chance – that he will live to ride one of his SpaceX rockets and explore the red planet.

现年47岁的马斯克在之前就谈到了前往火星的野心。 在接受Axios采访时，他指出了他有机会驾驶他的一架SpaceX火箭并探索这颗红色星球的可能性 - 有70％。

Contrary to the thoughts of experts including Bill Nye the Science Guy, the South African-born businessman said he thought such a flight could be possible seven years from now, with tickets costing “around a couple hundred thousand dollars”.

与包括科学家比尔奈在内的专家所持的想法相反，这位出生于南非的商人表示，他认为这样的航班可能在七年之后就可以实现，票价大约为“几十万美元”。

Musk, who has had a difficult year as his erratic behaviour has fuelled social media storms and fluctuations in the share prices of his companies, said he knew travelling to Mars could prove fatal.

马斯克几年过得并去愉快，他的不稳定行为助长了社交媒体的风暴和他公司股价的波动，他说他知道前往火星可能会致命。

“Your probability of dying on Mars is much higher than on Earth,” he said, adding: “It’s gonna be hard. There’s a good chance of death, going in a little can through deep space.”

“你在火星上死亡的可能性比在地球上要高得多，”他说，并补充道：“这将很难。 在深空中前进一点点就可能有很大的可能性会致死。“

Should he succeed in landing on Mars, he expects to work “nonstop to build the base”. There will, he said, be “not much time for leisure. And even after doing all this, it’s a very harsh environment. So … there’s a good chance you die there. We think you can come back but we’re not sure. Now, does that sound like an escape hatch for rich people?”

如果他成功登陆火星，他希望“不间断地建立基地”。 他说，将“没有多少空闲时间。 即使在完成所有这些之后，火星上也是一个非常恶劣的环境。 所以...你很有可能在那里死去。 我们不确定你能否回地球来。 现在，这对富人来说听起来像是逃亡舱吗？“