I mean, if that sort of long-term mortality risk is a big factor for the colonists, things are going really well. Even if all of Musk's plans work out, living

I mean, if that sort of long-term mortality risk is a big factor for the colonists, things are going really well. Even if all of Musk's plans work out, living somewhere as inhospitable as Mars (not to mention falling out of the sky at many times the speed of sound) will entail shouldering substantial near-term risks regardless. The hope is that there's enough smart people with a sufficiently weak sense of self-preservation.