Elon Musk: “99% of what we do should be focused on Earth, but maybe 1%…”

“Why is it worth doing something like this? What's the purpose of, of Mars? Shouldn't we just focus on Earth? And I'm like, yeah, I think we should focus on Earth. Like 99% of what we do should be focused on Earth, but maybe 1% should be focused on becoming a spacefaring civilization. and a multi planet species. Because it's, there's the defensive argument where it's, you know, it's, it's, it's if something were to happen to Earth and that destroyed civilization, this …” (12:05–12:21)

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