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Elon Musk: “We should go to the moon in order to establish a lunar base.”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Published | Video Starts at 39:56

Yeah, I think, I think having, I think we want to try to reach new heights as a civilization. Yeah. So I think that it's fine to go to the moon, but We should go to the moon in order to establish a lunar base. Like a lunar research base. Yeah, I mean there are parts of the moon that are perhaps older than parts of Earth and we might understand more about the nature of the universe. (39:56–40:00)

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