Elon Musk, the founder of Paypal, Tesla, and SpaceX, wants to go to Mars. To that end, on Tuesday, September 27th, Musk unveiled his Mars colonization plans.

During a conference at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, Musk said he wants to send a million people to Mars by 2027 in order to save the human race from an eventual “doomsday event.”

Today, it would cost $10 billion to send a single person to Mars. Musk wants to bring that down to $200,000.

The first step in cutting costs is achieving full reusability of ships leaving Earth’s orbit. Musk commented that if ships weren’t reusable nobody would use them because they’d be too expensive.

The second step in Musk’s plan is “producing propellant on Mars.” Without this, ships that landed on Mars would be stuck there. “You’d have this like massive graveyard of ships.”

In Musk’s vision, funding will come from SpaceX, Musk’s private space company, and the U.S. government. “Ultimately, this is going to be a huge public-private partnership,” he said.

Students around campus, who would be of age if Musk’s plan goes as outlined, had mixed thoughts about the Mars trip.

Junior Jaylen Coaxum would not be aboard a ship to Mars. “There’s no reason we need to go to Mars.” Coaxum thinks humanity should fix Earth first before causing harm to another planet.

Some students would rather stay on Earth. “I wouldn’t want to leave everything behind,” said freshman Jason Albanese.

Sophomore Annika Johnson, said she would be willing to leave Earth behind to “explore space.”