Elon Musk delivers emotional message on humanity's future

00:00LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANY IMPACT ON THE MARKET. NOT SO FAR. WE'VE GOT THIS NEWS THE DOW INDUSTRIALS ARE UP 285. OKAY, MUSKSK IS SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT THE SOUND OF THE LISTEN IN, PLEASE. >> GOING PUBLIC FOR THE-- YOU KNOW, WITH THE LARGEST IPO THAT -- EVER. AND LET ME TELL YOU IF, PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, I WAS LIKE, MAN, YOU MUST BE SMOKING SOME REALLY GOOD CRACK. [LAUGHTER] >> I THINK THIS COMPANY'S GOING TO FAIL. I MEAN, I GAVE -- I GAVE SPACEX LESS THAN A 10% CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING AT ALL, TO BE CLEAR. IN FACT, I TOLD PEOPLE THIS, LOOK, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BAIL, BUT SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, IF THERE'S NOT A NEW COMPANY THAT ENTERS SPACE WE WILL NEVER BE A TRULY

00:59SPACE FARING CIVILIZATION. WHILE THE OTHER AEROSPACE COMPANIES THEY BUILD GOOD ROCKETS AND EVERYTHING, THEY WERE SIMPLY NOT PURSUING THE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE LIFE MULTI-PLANETARY. TO -- TO MAKE "STAR TREK," TO MAKE THE EXCITING SCIENCE FICTION FUTURES THAT WE'VE READ ABOUT REAL AND THAT'S WHAT SPACEX IS ALL ABOUT. IT'S TO TAKE THE FICTION OUT OF SCIENCE FICTION AND CREATE AN EXCITING AND INSPIRING FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO TO THE MOON, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO TO MARS, OR ANYWHERE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND MAYBE BEYOND AT SOME POINT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU THERE, NOT JUST A FEW ASTRONAUTS, I MEAN YOU, LITERALLY YOU. IF YOU WATCH, WHEREVER YOU ARE

01:54WATCHING THIS, SPACEX WANTS TO TAKE YOU TO THE MOON, TAKE YOU TO MARS AND ULTIMATELY BEYOND, AND I'M CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT WITH THE INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AT SPACEX, THAT WE WILL DO THAT FOR YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THIS, THERE ARE -- THERE ARE ALWAYS PROBLEMS ON EARTH. THERE ARE ALWAYS PROBLEMS ON EARTH. THERE ARE ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE WISH TO BE BETTER AND SOLVE HERE ON EARTH AND WE SHOULD SOLVE THEM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE THINGS THAT GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE, THAT MAKE YOU GLAD TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AND THAT'S THE FUTURE THAT SPACEX WANTS TO BRING TO YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

03:29(BELL SOUNDING) ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WELL, AIN'T THAT SOMETHING? ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE AT S