Elon Musk: Building a Flourishing Civilization on Mars Will Secure Life’s Future

Elon Musk: Let's establish a flourishing civilization on Mars!

“This is what we want Mars to look like. Starships coming and going, an incredible, beautiful Mars city, and a flourishing civilization on Mars.

Ultimately, we can transform Mars into an Earth-like planet with terraforming. It just needs to be warmed up, really. And then, it could be ultimately an Earth-like planet. We could extend life from Earth to Mars.

And really, it has to be humans, actually. It's not going to be the dolphins. But we can bring all the creatures with us. And we can ensure that life on Earth continues on Mars even after Earth becomes unlivable in the distant future.”

SpaceX Update, January 2024