Elon Musk: “It's six months [to travel to Mars].”

“Do you see yourself ever going to Mars in your lifetime? Yeah, I mean I would say like, you know, I, that's a long commitment. I've been asked, wasn't that three years each way? It's six months [to travel to Mars]. Six months, that's all it is. Yeah, six months. But the planets only align every, every two years. Okay. So yeah, I've been asked a few times like, do I want to die on Mars?” (30:29–30:32)

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