2026-06-12 · Fox Business · 02:03
“I'm confident at this point that with the incredible team that we have here at SpaceX, that we will do that for you.”He believes SpaceX will take ordinary people to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Elon Musk on space exploration
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2026-06-12 · Fox Business · 00:52
“If there's not a new company that enters space we will never be a truly space faring civilization.”He believes humanity must become a spacefaring, multi-planetary civilization.
2026-03-12 · Peter H. Diamandis · 10:22
“I think we'll have a mass driver on the moon in 10 years.”He expects a mass driver on the moon within ten years.
2026-01-23 · Global News · 01:12
“I think we need to assume that life and consciousness is extremely rare and it might only be us.”He believes life and consciousness may be extremely rare and possibly unique to Earth, so humanity must ensure consciousness is not extinguished.
2026-01-23 · Global News · 09:59
“I've been asked a few times like, "Do I want to, you know, die on Mars?" And I'm like, "Yes, but just not on impact.”He says he would like to go to Mars in his lifetime and would even want to die there, just not on impact.
2026-01-23 · The Straits Times · 24:47
“The cost of access to space will drop by a factor of 100 when you achieve full reusability.”He expects full rocket reusability to cut the cost of access to space by a factor of 100.
2026-01-06 · Peter H. Diamandis · 1:35:32
“we need a new game plan for space. Like, we need a moon base.”He thinks the US needs a permanently crewed moon base rather than repeat Apollo-style visits.
2025-12-26 · Bloomberg Podcasts · 38:47
“which will be the first fully reusable orbital rocket ever in history, which is would be a profound breakthrough as the essential breakthrough necessary to make life multi-planetary and ultimately become a spacefaring civilization.”He sees fully reusable Starship rockets as the essential breakthrough for making life multi-planetary.
2025-12-09 · Katie Miller Pod · 16:24
“Um so life becoming multilanetary it's on the top 10.”He believes life becoming multiplanetary is one of the top ten events in the evolution of life.
2025-12-09 · Katie Miller Pod · 18:20
“It's it's going to be uncomfortable. The food won't be as good as Earth. Uh, you might die. It's going to be a mass amount of hard work. And um it may not succeed. That's the sales pitch.”He says early Mars settlement will be dangerous, uncomfortable, and may fail.
2025-12-06 · Nikhil Kamath हिन्दी · 1:19:42
“हमें जीवन को मंगल ग्रह तक बढ़ाना है”He believes humanity must extend life to Mars, and that a growing human population increases consciousness.
2025-11-19 · MCIT - وزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات السعودية · 20:46
“I think even perhaps in the four or five year time frame the lowest cost way to do AI compute will be with solar powered AI satellites.”He expects solar-powered AI satellites to be the lowest-cost way to do AI compute within about five years.
2025-11-19 · MCIT - وزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات السعودية · 18:22
“if civilization continues, which it probably will, uh then AI in space is inevitable.”He believes AI in space is inevitable if civilization continues.
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