Elon Musk: “Mars is just our best option if we want to become a multi…”

“Okay, would you rather save humanity from extinction on Earth or guarantee its survival on Mars? It's a false dichotomy. I think I'd say guarantee Earth. Earth's much better than Mars. To be clear. Mars. But Mars is just our best option if we want to become a multi planet species. It's really our only option. If you want to become a multi planet species, you've got Mars, which is very difficult but not impossible. Earth is much better than Mars, but you know, we can't.” (34:11–34:16)

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