Elon Musk: “For the long term survival of humanity and life as we know it, we must become a multi planet species. There are all these uncontrollable existential risks, asteroid strikes, super volcanoes, World War 3… I’m optimistic about the future, but you have to ask, ‘How long do you think civilization will last before a catastrophic event?’ Infinity is not correct; history suggests we do dumb things to our civilization over time.”

Elon Musk: “For the long term survival of humanity and life as we know it, we must become a multi planet species. There are all these uncontrollable existential risks, asteroid strikes, super volcanoes, World War 3… I’m optimistic about the future, but you have to ask, ‘How long do you think civilization will last before a catastrophic event?’ Infinity is not correct; history suggests we do dumb things to our civilization over time.”

Elon Musk on SpaceX’s plan to build cities on the Moon and Mars in his new interview:SpaceX plans to land the first astronauts on the Moon within two to three years, then rapidly expand access so thousands, and eventually tens of thousands, of people can travel there within the next decade. Starship is being designed to carry tens of thousands of tons of cargo to help build full-scale cities on the Moon and Mars.The long-term goal is to make space travel accessible to ordinary people, whether th