WWED quote from TED2013 interview with Chris Anderson, The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity
SpaceX, or some combination of companies and governments, needs to make progress in the direction of making life multi-planetary, of establishing a base on another planet, on Mars -- being the only realistic option -- and then building that base up until we're a true multi-planet species.
TED2013 interview with Chris Anderson, The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity
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