During the flight from Orlando to Texas, Brad held on hard and deliberately pretended that he was not afraid of going on a space trip.
"Why are we going to Mars again? How long will it take to go there and come back?" Brad asked.
Elon Musk smiled and explained, "It takes six months for us to go to Mars, and we'll have to stay there for 26 months after we arrive."
Brad began to curse his heart out loudly.
"What the hell are you going to do for 26 months on Mars? There are no women on Mars, and there is no need to fight a war! Don't tell me you want to build a base there. I'll be returning in a week!"
Musk laughed and said, "Mr. Howard, here's the thing, we're going to Mars when we're the closest to it, but once we're there, we would already be extremely far away from Earth."