Elon Musk: we must colonise Mars to preserve our species after a third world war – video

Humans must prioritise the colonisation of Mars so the species can survive in the event of a third world war, the SpaceX and Tesla founder, Elon Musk, said on Sunday.
'It’s important to get a self-sustaining base on Mars because it’s far enough away from Earth that [in the event of a war] it’s more likely to survive than a moon base,” Musk said on stage at SXSW. It came days after Donald Trump announced plans to meet the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in an attempt to defuse rising nuclear tension

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[simonvance]

How about just not having a third world war? Hasn't humanity learned ANYTHING?!..

[xyrokhan]

Imagine an alien hiding under a mask then his name will be Elon Musk. (Alien+Mask=Elon Musk)

[GigiGiggio]

If we self-annihilate on earth, chances are that we will do the same everywhere

[TheRandomest]

In this age of misinformation we currently ARE living in the second period of the dark ages. In a positive future, people will look back and gawk at how we had trillion-dollar ambitions to go and start our problems on another planet, without first investing and fixing the problems here at Home. Eliminating poverty and world-hunger is a much easier fix than colonizing Mars. Let's start with that.

[BartSimpson-jdvs]

Wouldn't it be more simple to avoid a world war in order to preserve our species?

[jersonoliveros]

Oh, my he already predicted world War 3.

[moramento]

Or the third war will start on Mars, other countries arguing about which lands are whose

[racistwhiteelitesfundedrio]

you can colonize what's not inhabited! you just go

[ronjamac]

Human extinction wouldn't worry me. It's all the innocent animals that go with it.

[knbbmf]

If he was so smart he would know there is no space FIRMAMENT

[matthewchow]

I like how they cut off when he was explaining why it won’t be an escape hatch for rich people

[julienavarro]

Well than, one more thing to worry about. It seems to me like they already have the tickets sold out to the highest bidders. While most of us are left behind here on earth. Meanwhile, the lucky few that do leave, get to watch as our plant comes to its final end. 😬😧😥

[AstralHiGH]

He says it won't be some escape hatch for rich people but dont you guys think if theres thousands of people starving or not able to pay bills without stressing how would he feel generous enough to let them board his multimillion dollar spaceship to mars?

[gunterra]

How about terraforming the Sahara desert and other such places first and learn enough in the process, before going to Mars or the Moon to the same or similar thing there?

[johnmark]

I'm not going in no eternal desert

[filsdejeannoir]

1:32 Why? Because the rich people are gonna donate their seats to the poor people?

[Whiterabbit-bt]

How will it not be an escape hatch for rich people...

[Tallacus]

Pray, just pray for Trump's success with the peace talks of North Korea

[PlusUltra]

Is he just telling us that earth is gonna blow up so the rich are peacing to Mars

[PtolemyXVII]

I feel like I'm watching a comedy skit, lol 😂