But this point that I think I want to just emphasize again that it's more important than the form of governance on Mars or who's there. In the early days, what really matters is that Mars is self-sustaining, that we are truly a multi-planet species and such that we've achieved planetary redundancy. So that if something, and obviously we should do everything possible to make sure life on Earth is great. But there's always some risk of an annihilation event on Earth. (42:08–42:23)
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