Elon Musk: Mars Is Life Insurance for Civilization

Elon Musk: One of the benefits of going to Mars is to have life insurance for life collectively.

“It's not about going to Mars to visit once, but it is to make life multiplanetary so that we can expand the scope and scale of consciousness to better understand the nature of the universe and to ensure the long-term survival of civilization.

In the hopefully unlikely event that something terrible happens to Earth, [there could be] a continuance of consciousness on Mars. One of the benefits of Mars is life insurance for life collectively.”

Interview with Jesse Watters, Fox News, May 6, 2025