Elon Musk: SpaceX is about taking the fiction out of science fiction

00:00BASED? I THINK WE'VE GOT ELON ABOUT TO SPEAK. CARL FROM YEAH, FROM TEXAS. I HEAR THE APPLAUSE BUILDING.

00:59Well, >> WELL THANK YOU. GWEN GWYNNE SHOTWELL HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO JOIN THE COMPANY. AND. SO THANK YOU. GWEN. OH, SHE'S IN NEW YORK, OF COURSE. WHERE IS SHE? AND YEAH, IT IS CERTAINLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT LITTLE COMPANY THAT STARTED IN A WAREHOUSE IN EL SEGUNDO IS NOW. IS NOW, IS NOW GOING PUBLIC FOR THE WITH THE LARGEST IPO THAT EVER. AND LET ME TELL YOU, IF PEOPLE HAD TOLD ME THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, I WAS LIKE, MAN, YOU MUST BE SMOKING SOME REALLY GOOD CRACK BECAUSE I THINK THIS COMPANY IS GOING TO FAIL. I MEAN, I GAVE, I GAVE, I GAVE SPACEX LESS THAN A 10% CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING AT ALL, TO BE CLEAR. IN FACT, I TOLD PEOPLE THIS. I SAID, LOOK, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO FAIL,

02:18BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, IF IF THERE'S NOT A NEW COMPANY THAT ENTERS SPACE, WE WILL NEVER BE A TRULY SPACEFARING CIVILIZATION. YOU KNOW, WHILE THE THE OTHER AEROSPACE COMPANIES, THEY BUILD ROCKETS AND EVERYTHING. THEY THEY WERE SIMPLY NOT PURSUING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE LIFE MULTI-PLANETARY TO. TO MAKE TO MAKE STAR TREK, TO MAKE. THE THE EXCITING SCIENCE FICTION FUTURES THAT WE'VE READ ABOUT REAL. AND THAT'S WHAT SPACEX IS ALL ABOUT, IS TO TAKE THE FICTION OUT OF SCIENCE FICTION AND CREATE AN EXCITING, 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 ANYONE IN THE SOLAR

03:09SYSTEM, AND MAYBE BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. AT SOME POINT, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU THERE. NOT NOT JUST NOT JUST A FEW ASTRONAUTS. I MEAN, YOU LITERALLY YOU, IF YOU WATCH WHOEVER YOU ARE WATCHING THIS, SPACEX WANTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU TO THE MOON, TAKE YOU TO MARS, AND ULTIMATELY BEYOND. AND, AND I, I'M CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT WITH THE INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AT SPACEX, THAT WE WILL DO THAT FOR YOU.

04:13I always think about 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 THAT WE WANT TO SOLVE HERE ON EARTH, AND WE SHOULD SOLVE THEM. BUT, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE THINGS THAT GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE, THA