Elon Musk: “We want to take anyone who goes to Mars and ultimately build…”

“And I think we've gotten at this point to where the vehicle is very reliable and we are going to be able to take astronauts to Mars. In fact, We want to take anyone who goes to Mars and ultimately build a self-sustaining civilization on Mars. That is the long term goal of the company. Make life multi planetary. I mean, that is a very bold vision. How long do you think that might take SpaceX to be able to accomplish?” (02:06–02:13)

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