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What Elon Musk thinks about space

@elon-musk · 78 positions · 2 changes of mind · On ppll ↗

Founded SpaceX in 2002, joined Tesla's board in 2004 and became its chief executive in 2008, and later founded Neuralink, The Boring Company and xAI. Bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X. Posts as @elonmusk, which is where almost everything he says publicly now appears.

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6 dated positions, 2012 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Elon Musk has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingPropagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader

    Their wordsPropagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  2. 9 days earlier

  3. Our readingProduction on the Moon and Mars will accelerate by far more than double every year until natural limits are encountered.

    Their wordsProduction on the Moon & Mars will accelerate by far more than double every year, until natural limits are encountered

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  4. 4 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingExtending consciousness beyond Earth, out to the stars, is a fundamentally good goal.

    consciousness

    Their wordsExtending consciousness beyond Earth, ultimately to the stars, is a fundamentally good goal

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  7. Our readingSustainable energy alone will not save humanity from extinction events; temperature-controlling satellites and large-scale geo-engineering will be needed.

    energy

    Their wordsExtremely severe extinction events happen every 100M years or so and just switching to sustainable energy will not be enough to stop them. Space satellites to control temperature and massive geo-engineering will be needed or it will be game over.

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  8. 3 years earlier

  9. Our readingThe window in which life can extend beyond Earth is open now and may never open again, so making life multiplanetary while it is still possible is the only smart move.

    Their wordsThat window is open. Now it may be open for a long time or it may be open for a short time and it may be open now and then never open again. So I think the smart move here is to make life multiplanetary while it’s possible to do so.

    ↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 13th of 23 in this recording

  10. 11 years earlier

  11. Our readingThe raw-materials cost of a rocket is only around 2 percent of the typical price of one, an unusually low ratio for a large mechanical product.

    Their wordsIt turned out that the materials cost of a rocket was around 2 percent of the typical price—which is a crazy ratio for a large mechanical product.

    ↗Elon Musk's Mission to Mars (WIRED interview with Chris Anderson)wired.com 2nd of 5 in this piece