Elon Musk vs. Bill Gates: Should we go to Mars?
Is Elon Musk going to Mars a good use of money?
Bill Gates: Not in my view... but...
Amol Rajan: ...Because there's more pressing things to do on Earth?
Bill Gates: Definitely. And it's actually quite expensive to go to Mars.
Amol Rajan: You've looked into it, haven't you? 😄
Bill Gates: You can buy measles vaccines and save lives for $1,000 per life saved. And so, it just kind of grounds you, that should tell you... don't go to Mars.
Why do we need to build a city on Mars with a million people on it?
Elon Musk: There have to be reasons that you want to get up in the morning and makes you want to live. Why do you want to live? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future isn't one where we get out among the stars and being a multi-planet species... It's very depressing if that's not the future that we're going to have.
What do you think?