And it's not about building one starship and getting to orbit once. It's about doing it in a sustained and rapid way. Yeah, We're aiming for ultimately thousands of [Star]ships to be built per year, which is what's needed in order to construct a city on Mars that is self-sustaining. self sustaining. And the major fork in the road of destiny will be when the Mars city is capable of surviving. Even if the resupply shifts from Earth stop coming for any reason. (03:58–04:08)
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