WWED quote from Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner talk by Elon Musk (Space Mining vs. Human Space Flight)
So I think probably the biggest thing that could happen is if we decide to establish a base on the moon or a base on Mars and particularly, if we attempt to make a self-sustaining base, self-sustaining civilization on the moon or Mars, that is an enormous opportunity on probably the trillion-dollar level because then you have basically interplanetary commerce going on.
Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner talk by Elon Musk (Space Mining vs. Human Space Flight)
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