Elon Musk: Mars Is a Chance to Recompile Civilization

Elon Musk: Martians will have the opportunity to rethink how they want civilization to be.

“It's also an opportunity to, I think, for the Martians to rethink how they want civilization to be. So you can maybe rethink, like, what kind of form of government do you want? What new rules do you want to have? There's a lot of freedom and opportunity in Mars to do a recompile on civilization, which will be up to the Martians.”

From: SpaceX Update 2025 May 29, 2025