John Legere, the colorful and outspoken CEO of T-Mobile, has promised that he would be sending someone to Mars if a certain condition is fulfilled.
In celebration of reaching the milestone of 3 million followers, Legere launched a contest on Twitter that has a SpaceX trip to Mars as the top prize.
When I joined @TMobile, people thought I was from Mars. I want say thx in an out-of-this-world-way for believing in me! https://t.co/W4X2ofKoBW pic.twitter.com/OWFwcOXRSv
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) October 5, 2016
The T-Mobile CEO now wants to give thanks to those that believed in him in an out-of-this-world way.
It certainly was possible that people thought Legere was from another planet when he first broke into the telecommunications scene, due to his character not fitting the executive-like mold found in the CEOs of most companies.
As can be seen in the image that accompanied the tweet, the prize the Legere will be giving away will depend on how many people retweet the message.
For 10,000 retweets, Legere will give away a free flight to anywhere within the United States, and at 50,000 retweets, Legere will be sending out a zero gravity chair. At 100,000 retweets, Legere will be giving the lucky winner a zero-gravity experience, and at 1 million retweets, a free trip to Mars on a SpaceX rocket will be given away.
The exact details of the Trip to Mars Sweepstakes were posted on Facebook. The free flight to any United States location will come in the form of airline credit worth $800, the zero gravity chair will be Relax the Back's Novus Zero Gravity Recliner and the zero-gravity experience will be carried out in the closest possible location to the winner.
For the trip to Mars, in case the prize will not be commercially available by SpaceX's promised year of 2024 or 2025, the winner will instead be given a check for $200,000.
According to a spokeswoman for T-Mobile, Legere simply said "Let's send someone to Mars!" after his Twitter account reached 3 million followers and hearing SpaceX CEO Elon Musk proclaim that travel to Mars would soon be possible for a ticket price of about $200,000.
Musk made the claim in September, in a speech at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico. He envisions a million people living on Mars within 40 years to 100 years, and unveiled the Interplanetary Transport System of SpaceX that would be capable of transporting at least 100 passengers to the planet per trip.
The winners of Legere's sweepstakes will be drawn on Oct. 12. At the time of writing, the tweet has only been retweeted nearly 5,700 times, so it might take a lot of extra publicity to get that prize for a trip to Mars.
