Elon Musk: “Eventually all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun.”

“This is a backup plan in case something bad happens here. Going to Mars, that's one of the. Benefits of Mars, is life insurance for life collectively. So Eventually all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun. The sun is gradually expanding and so we do at some point need to be a multi planet civilization because Earth will be incinerated. I'm hearing this for the first time.” (01:56–02:00)

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