Elon Musk: “The goal of SpaceX is to build as quickly as possible a…”

“And, and this would massively improve the probable lifespan of, of humanity and consciousness as we know it. So that's, … The goal of SpaceX is to build as quickly as possible a self-sustaining city on Mars. … anything that's needed to put satellites into Earth orbit. And it's really, it's a planet colonizer, it's intended to build as quickly as possible a self sustaining city on Mars.” (05:47–05:50)

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