Elon Musk: “Yes [we could have a million people on Mars in 20 years].”

“And so you were coming and saying, look, we got a company, I think we can do a really good job of this. And yet we're locked out of this. It's a little amazing to think the … Yes [we could have a million people on Mars in 20 years]. … originally consistent with my belief that we need to become a multi planet species, I thought the only way to do that would be through NASA.” (14:27–14:29)

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