Share with friends and circles of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > on April 19, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said in a recent interview that the ticket price to Mars by SpaceX starship is about $100000 and "everyone can afford it" p> < p > as early as 2020, musk said he hoped to build a self-sufficient city on Mars. By 2050, he will send 1 million people to the red planet through SpaceX's 1000 starships p> < p > in a conversation with Ted conference leader Chris Anderson published on Monday, musk was asked how much passengers from earth to Mars might cost p> < p > musk said that the ticket price will depend to some extent on the economic situation at that time, but he also pointed out that the price must be low enough so that at least 1 million people can afford the trip, so as to meet the lower population limit he set for Martian cities. Obviously, in Musk's mind, $100000 is "affordable" enough for anyone to participate in a trip to Mars p> < p > musk said: "if it costs $100000 to go to Mars, I think almost everyone can finally reach $100000 by working and saving money. We hope anyone who wants to go to Mars can make their dreams come true." p> < p > however, in fact, $100000 is not a sum of money that "almost anyone" can save relatively easily. First, according to a 2021 survey, a quarter of Americans have no savings at all, and 51% of Americans only save enough to pay for three months p> < p > obviously, there are far more people living on a fixed salary than musk thought, and this does not include those who don't have a salary at all and are trying to raise enough money to get food or shelter p> Musk also suggested that people could sell their houses on earth and use the money to buy tickets to Mars. But even so, this is based on the wrong assumption that ordinary people first have to own their own house p> < p > does musk really believe that ordinary people have six figure savings that can be used to travel to a new planet instead of trying to save the earth we are destroying? That's why he chose not to do so even though he had enough money to help end global hunger? (small) < / P > < p >